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26 Established 1961 Sports Monday, March 18, 2019 Shiffrin ends sublime season on a high with record-equalling fourth globe Noel wins as Hirscher claims slalom globe SOLDEU: Mikaela Shiffrin capped her phenomenal is able to maintain her rate of success, she will threaten season with victory in the giant slalom at the World the outright record of 86 World Cup wins held by Cup finals in Soldeu yesterday for her 17th win and a Swedish legend Ingemar Stenmark in two seasons time. record-equalling fourth globe. The all-conquering The one record that escaped her clutches this cam- American ski queen added the giant slalom to the paign was the points record of 2,414 set by Maze in super-G and slalom titles having already been crowned 2013. She winds up the 2018/2019 season with 2,204. the overall champion for the third straight season at the Aside from Shiffrin, it was the precocious performance start of March by securing the crystal globe. of teenage New Zealander Robinson that caught the That drew her alongside Lindsey Vonn and Tina eye in Andorra, the youngster climbing the podium for Maze, the only other two women skiers to capture four the first time, aged just 17 years, three months. titles in the one season. Only former Swiss ski great The Kiwi left a cluster of established stars in her Pirmin Zurbriggen has bettered that tally when he end- wake, including France’s double world champion Tessa ed the 1987 season with five titles. Worley and Viktoria Rebensburg, Germany’s 2010 Shiffrin, who turned 24 this week, has maintained her Olympic champion who was penalised for a major mis- impressive run of form right to the end, even though take on her second run.
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