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03/24 08:37 CDT Shiffrin wins World Cup slalom but Aicher's third place puts
overall title on hold
Shiffrin wins World Cup slalom but Aicher's third place puts overall title on
hold
HAFJELL, Norway (AP) --- Mikaela Shiffrin vs. Emma Aicher for the most
prestigious title in women's skiing will go to the season-ending final race on
Wednesday.
Shiffrin won yet another slalom on Tuesday --- her ninth in 10 World Cup starts
this season --- by a massive margin of 1.32 seconds ahead of Wendy Holdener.
That earned Olympic champion Shiffrin 100 points in the race for the World Cup
overall title but Aicher's impressive third place, awarded 60 points, kept the
American's lead in the standings below 100.
Shiffrin will start the season-ending giant slalom on Wednesday 85 ahead of
Aicher who must win to deny the American superstar a women's record-tying sixth
overall title in her stellar career.
The odds are stacked in Shiffrin's favor.
Aicher has never won a World Cup giant slalom and has a career-best finish of
fourth, achieved this month at Are, Sweden.
Shiffrin can seal the title herself with a top-15 result on Wednesday that will
earn at least 16 points.
Holdener gave Shiffrin an assist by taking second place ahead of Aicher by just
0.04. That kept 20 World Cup points off Aicher's tally.
Shiffrin's 110th career race win on Tuesday is already by far the most in the
World Cup by any man or woman.
A sixth overall title on Wednesday would match Austrian downhill great
Annemarie Moser-Prll for the women's World Cup record.
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