Stifel U.S. Ski Team athlete Mikaela Shiffrin continued her electric season on Sunday, winning the women’s slalom in Åre for her 109th career World Cup victory and 72nd career slalom win. Teammates Paula Moltzan and AJ Hurt also put together solid performances, finishing fifth and 14th. Åre has long been a special venue for Shiffrin, and Sunday’s win marked her eighth victory on the Swedish hill, adding yet another chapter to her history at the venue. On run one under sunny Åre skies, Shiffrin attacked with her classic slalom precision to take the lead by half a second. In run two, she stayed locked in, skiing fast and controlled to secure the victory by nearly one second.  “It was quite challenging and kind of hard to predict how the skis would react on the surface today,” said Shiffrin. “Some turns were really good and some turns had some traps, but I felt really strong with my equipment and was pushing.” Moltzan followed up her giant slalom podium from Saturday with another solid performance, finishing fifth and continuing a consistent slalom season. “I am happy to find some good sections of skiing in salty spring snow with plenty of mistakes too,” said Moltzan. “But happy to get another top five to complete a solid weekend in Åre! The level of slalom skiing right now is so high; it’s amazing to be a competitor in it.” Also finishing within the top 15 was Hurt in 14th place. Katie Hensien did not finish the second run. Nina O’Brien and Liv Moritz also raced but did not qualify for the second run, while Elisabeth Bocock did not finish the first run. Sunday’s race was the final World Cup event of the regular season before the top 25 athletes in each discipline head to Norway for the World Cup Finals and one last opportunity to earn points. The U.S. women’s team will enter the finals with momentum, leading the Nations Cup standings in giant slalom, slalom and the overall. Meanwhile, Shiffrin has already secured the slalom Crystal Globe, her 16th career globe, and will look to earn the overall Crystal Globe when the season concludes. If she does, it would be her sixth overall title, tying the record set by Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria. Shiffrin leads the standings by 140 points over Germany’s Emma Aicherwho is closing the gap in these final races.  “It doesn’t matter how hard you push or how much effort you put in — you can only get a certain number of points,” said Shiffrin. “Today Emma was skiing so strong and I felt like I put my life on the line. We’re getting a really exciting finale to the season, so I will fight for the overall, but I want to take my hat off to her for the season she’s had.” World Cup Finals kick off with the speed events March 21. RESULTSWomen’s slalom The post Shriffrin notches 109th World Cup victory appeared first on Park Record. ...read more read less