Shiffrin passed Vonn by winning her 83rd World Cup race, the most by a female skier. She now needs just four more wins to break Ingemar Stenmark’s career record of 86.
For Mikaela Shiffrin, Tuesday was more than just another giant slalom race. Shiffrin’s win in Kronplatz, Italy, was the 83rd World Cup triumph of her career, giving her the most wins by a female skier in history.
Lindsey Vonn, another American star and a role model for Shiffrin — even though Vonn specialized in speed races and Shiffrin is a slalom specialist — had been the sport’s previous female standard-bearer with 82 World Cup wins.