ASPEN, Colo. - Mikaela Shiffrin still can’t believe an overall World Cup title happened and won’t fully buy in until the crystal globe is actually placed into her hands.
Part of the reason stems from this: She found out about locking up the crown shortly after waking up from a nap. So, it feels a little unreal.
It’s real all right, even if Petra Vlhova of Slovakia stole some of the show from Shiffrin by speeding up near the bottom to take a slalom race over the American at World Cup Finals on Saturday.
Shiffrin secured the overall Friday when Ilka Stuhec of Slovenia decided to skip the slalom.