The "fatigue" was however immense, assured the American, after her victory on Tuesday which had already allowed her to beat the 82 victories of her compatriot Lindsey Vonn.

But that was not seen, as the skier from Vail (Colorado) still flew over the Erta track, leaving the competition distanced and admiring.

"When I'm tired normally I make mistakes, but I didn't want to make any today," she commented for television.

"I think between the second race in Kranjska Gora (where she equaled the women's win record on January 8) and the two races yesterday and today, these are the best days of skiing I have ever done “, she pointed out.

All in fluidity and speed, Shiffrin further accentuated during the second run his lead of more than half a second taken during the first.

She pocketed this tenth victory of her impressive season with a margin of 82/100 over the Norwegian Ragnhild Mowinckel, the only one to remain under a second behind after the two rounds, and 1 sec 19/100 over the Olympic champion, the Swedish Sarah Hector.

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin after her victory in the Kronplatz slalom (Plan de Corones) counting for the Alpine Skiing World Cup and disputed on Wednesday January 25, 2023. © Marco BERTORELLO / AFP

Petra Vlhova (4th) and Lara Gut-Behrami (5th) finished at the foot of the podium, losing more and more ground in the general classification of the World Cup, just ahead of the Frenchwoman Tessa Worley, sixth (at 1 sec 65/100) on this track where she won in 2021.

The record on Sunday?

Shiffrin has already put more than a glove on her fifth crystal globe, with more than 600 points ahead of the Swiss and the Slovak, in the fight for second place (Gut-Behrami is ten points clear).

More than with her rivals of the moment, it is more behind the figures and the legends of the past that the 27-year-old American runs these days, who won this year in three of the four disciplines (four slaloms, five giants and a super-G).

After her two successes at Kronplatz, she is only one unit away from the women's giant record of the Swiss Vreni Schneider (20 successes).

Norwegian skier Ragnhild Mowinckel during the 2nd round of the women's slalom at Kronplatz (Plan de Corones), counting for the Alpine Skiing World Cup, disputed on January 25, 2023. © Marco BERTORELLO / AFP

And after overtaking Vonn on Tuesday as the skier with the most World Cup victories, she can equal Stenmark's record even before the Courchevel/Meribel World Championships (6-19 February) if she wins the two slaloms on the program on Saturday. and Sunday in Spindleruv Mlyn (Czech Republic).

Ingemar Stenmark dominated the slalom and the giant for fifteen years, collecting his 86 successes in the World Cup between 1974 and 1989.

“I will train tomorrow (Thursday), try to recover before seeing what energy I have left for two slaloms,” assured Shiffrin, who leads the classification of specialties in slalom and giant.

Even if she knows, however, that she must also keep a little on her skis in view of the Worlds where she will, as always, be the champion to beat.

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