Shiffrin used a strong burst near the end to win a giant slalom race as the World Cup returned to Squaw Valley for the first time since 1969. This was Shiffrin's fourth career World Cup GS win — not a bad early birthday present. In addition, Shiffrin increased her lead in the race for the overall World Cup title to 278 points over Slovenia's Ilka Stuhec, who crashed in the first run. The Olympic slalom champion has a slalom race Saturday at Squaw Valley before heading to Aspen, Colorado, next week for the World Cup Finals. It's been a banner season for Shiffrin, who earned her 30th career World Cup win.

Source: The China Post March 12, 2017 19:04 UTC