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Mikaela Shiffrin improves in her second World Cup downhill

In her first two career World Cup downhills, Mikaela Shiffrin improved five spots from Friday to Saturday in Lake Louise, Alberta.

Shiffrin, the youngest Olympic slalom champion, finished 13th in Saturday’s race, 1.46 seconds behind Slovenian winner Ilka Stuhec.

Full results are here. A race replay is here.

Stuhec also won Friday, when she was 1.99 seconds ahead of Shiffrin, who then tied for 18th.

Shiffrin is the world’s best slalom skier and a World Cup winner in giant slalom. She added super-G to her repertoire last season (15th- and 29th-place finishes) and, this season, plans to race all disciplines to become one of few all-around skiers on the circuit.