Shiffrin takes win No. 78 with 1st GS victory in 2022

The result marked Shiffrin’s 78th overall win, leaving her four short of the women’s record set by her former teammate Lindsey Vonn.

SEMMERING, Austria — Overall women’s World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin held on to a big opening-run advantage to win a giant slalom on Tuesday, the American’s first triumph in the discipline in more than a year.

Carrying a lead of 0.72 seconds over Petra Vlhová from the first leg, Shiffrin lost nearly six-tenths of the advantage when her Slovakian rival posted the fastest time in the final run, but ultimately won by 0.13 seconds.

The result marked Shiffrin’s fourth World Cup win

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