COURCHEVEL (FRANCE) - American Mikaela Shiffrin became the youngest woman to win 50 World Cup ski races with victory in the slalom in the French Alps on Saturday. Mikaela Shiffrin has won 50 World Cup races at the age of 23 year and nine monthsThe 2014 Olympic champion, who led after the first run in Courchevel, finished 0.29sec ahead of Slovakia's Petra Vlhova and 0.37sec ahead of Sweden's Frida Hansdotter in third place. That brought me to this place with 50 victories," Shiffrin added. Shiffrin won Friday's giant slalom by overcoming a 0.08sec deficit and the severe conditions. The Colorado native joins retired Austrian Marlies Schild with a record 35 slalom World Cup titles.

Source: Bangkok Post December 22, 2018 16:41 UTC