Shiffrin uses blazing final run to win World Cup slalom

28th November, 2015 by

By By PAT GRAHAM
AP Sports Writer

ASPEN, Colo. — Mikaela Shiffrin shook off the disappointment of a fall the day before and turned in two blistering runs to win a World Cup slalom by 3.07 seconds Saturday, the largest margin of victory in the history of the women’s discipline. The reigning Olympic and world champion flew through the course and finished in a two-run combined time of 1 minute, 39.81 seconds. Veronika Velez Zuzulova of Slovakia wound up a distant second and Sweden’s Frida Hansdotter was third. Shiffrin surpassed the previous slalom record for margin of victory held by France’s Florence Steurer. She won by three …

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