American skier Mikaela Shiffrin wins 35th World Cup race
COURCHEVEL, France — Mikaela Shiffrin beat Petra Vlhova of Slovakia in the final to win a World Cup parallel slalom race on Wednesday for the 35th win of her career.
The defending World Cup champion followed up her victory in Tuesday’s giant slalom on the same course to extend her sizeable overall lead this season.
“Petra has been so strong and pushing me hard this season,” Shiffrin said. “It’s cool to have this kind of a fight with her, and for everyone to watch that.”
The 22-year-old American clocked 18.79 seconds, beating Vlhova by .04 seconds for her fourth victory this season, all in different disciplines.