Mikaela Shiffrin continued her run of historic dominance, winning her 12th straight slalom race in the World Cup discipline season opener on Saturday. She also won a reindeer.
Shiffrin, the youngest Olympic slalom champion, prevailed by .67 of a second after two runs over Swiss Wendy Holdener in Levi, Finland. Slovakia’s Petra Vhlova was third. Full results are here.
“I’m happy with where I’m at, but I’ve got to keep fighting,” 21-year-old Shiffrin said.
Shiffrin has won 12 straight slaloms dating to 2015, including her last nine World Cup slaloms, the longest streak since four-time Olympic champion Janica Kostelic won 10 straight from 1999 through 2001.