Mikaela Shiffrin has described her subdued victory celebrations as dorky. Sunday’s was anything but.
The youngest Olympic slalom champion pumped both fists, then just her right fist, accompanied with screams, after winning her 11th straight World Cup slalom race in Sestriere, Italy.
“I tried to have some fun in the second run, I don’t know,” Shiffrin said three minutes later. “Are you guys having fun out here? Crowd, scream!”
Shiffrin had the fastest time in both runs, winning by 1.09 seconds over Slovakian Veronika Velez Zuzulova. Swiss Wendy Holdener was third.