SEMMERING, Austria - For once, even Olympic slalom champion Mikaela Shiffrin couldn’t believe what she had just achieved.
The American reacted by holding her right hand to her mouth in surprise after a spectacular final run in front of 13,500 spectators secured victory in a World Cup night slalom on Thursday.
Shiffrin managed to overcome several mistakes and a 0.33-second deficit at the last split time to produce a resounding winning margin of 0.64 seconds.
To make things even sweeter, it was her third World Cup triumph in as many days.
“Today was really crazy.