Mikaela Shiffrin reacts after the second run in the women's World Cup slalom competition March 11 in Olympic Valley, Calif.(Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP)
OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. - Mikaela Shiffrin clinched her fourth slalom title in five seasons before she took her first run and then capped off an electric day with the win at a World Cup race in Squaw Valley.
Trailing going into the final run, the American standout overcame some early mistakes to turn in a combined time of 1 minute, 39.48 seconds on a warm Saturday. First-run leader Wendy Holdener of Switzerland was the last racer of the day and crashed out near the finish line to give Shiffrin her 31st career World Cup victory.