Mikaela Shiffrin stuns slalom rivals with two huge World Cup wins heterotypic

Her back-to-back World Cup slalom victories in Aspen, Colorado, produced historic gaps between the American 20-year-old and the remainder of the world's best skiers.

On Saturday, Shiffrin beat everyone by more than three seconds -- the largest winning margin in history for women's slalom at the World Cup, smashing a record set in 1968.

'I don't think they are ever going to let me get away with three seconds ever again,' the Olympic and world slalom champion said after that race. Yet she almost repeated the trick within 24 hours.



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Sunday's race was nearly identical. Shiffrin won by 2.65 seconds and it could have been more, had she not made a small mistake near the start of her final run.

'Yesterday was such a big margin and I wondered what happened,' Shiffrin said after her first run on Sunday.

'This morning I woke and I was like, 'Oh, they're all playing a joke on me.' So I thought I had to ski even harder today. I just tried to attack even more.

'I felt good yesterday, but that I could also raise the bar more.'

The victories mean Shiffrin has five straight World Cup slalom wins dating back to last season, a formidable indication of her form as she and rival Lindsey Vonn aim for this season's overall World Cup title.

Shiffrin is expected to go head-to-head with Vonn as the former moves from her traditional domain of slalom into some of Vonn's favored speed events.

An early chance to see U.S. skiing's two superstars go head-to-head ended in anticlimax on Friday, when both racers crashed out of the giant slalom.

Vonn, coming back from a broken ankle and a dog bite injury to her hand, lost her left ski in Friday's first run. The 31-year-old, who said that kind of error had never happened to her before, only entered the giant slalom in Aspen.

Colorado native Shiffrin, skiing superbly in her second giant slalom run, slid out with three gates remaining. She said 'anger' from that accident had motivated her for the weekend.

Injuries and a focus on separate disciplines have seen the paths of Vonn and Shiffrin rarely cross until this season.

The two reportedly had an equally rare heart-to-heart chat in a New Zealand cafe ahead of the 2015-16 World Cup campaign.

'She's not going to give it to me,' said Shiffrin in the buildup to this week's racing, 'and I'm sure as heck not going to give it to her.'

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On Saturday, Shiffrin beat everyone by more than three seconds -- the largest winning margin in history for women's slalom at the World Cup, smashing a record set in 1968. 'This morning I woke and I was like, 'Oh, they're all playing a joke on me.' So I thought I had to ski even harder today. I just tried to attack even more. 'I don't think they are ever going to let me get away with three seconds ever again,' the Olympic and world slalom champion said after that race. Yet she almost repeated the trick within 24 hours. Her back-to-back World Cup slalom victories in Aspen, Colorado, produced historic gaps between the American 20-year-old and the remainder of the world's best skiers. 'I don't think they are ever going to let me get away with three seconds ever again,' the Olympic and world slalom champion said after that race. Yet she almost repeated the trick within 24 hours. 'She's not going to give it to me,' said Shiffrin in the buildup to this week's racing, 'and I'm sure as heck not going to give it to her.' 'This morning I woke and I was like, 'Oh, they're all playing a joke on me.' So I thought I had to ski even harder today. I just tried to attack even more. 'This morning I woke and I was like, 'Oh, they're all playing a joke on me.' So I thought I had to ski even harder today. I just tried to attack even more. Sunday's race was nearly identical. Shiffrin won by 2.65 seconds and it could have been more, had she not made a small mistake near the start of her final run. The victories mean Shiffrin has five straight World Cup slalom wins dating back to last season, a formidable indication of her form as she and rival Lindsey Vonn aim for this season's overall World Cup title. The two reportedly had an equally rare heart-to-heart chat in a New Zealand cafe ahead of the 2015-16 World Cup campaign. On Saturday, Shiffrin beat everyone by more than three seconds -- the largest winning margin in history for women's slalom at the World Cup, smashing a record set in 1968. 'I felt good yesterday, but that I could also raise the bar more.' The two reportedly had an equally rare heart-to-heart chat in a New Zealand cafe ahead of the 2015-16 World Cup campaign. Colorado native Shiffrin, skiing superbly in her second giant slalom run, slid out with three gates remaining. She said 'anger' from that accident had motivated her for the weekend. The two reportedly had an equally rare heart-to-heart chat in a New Zealand cafe ahead of the 2015-16 World Cup campaign.

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