USA's Mikaela Shiffrin competes in the Women's Slalom event of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach. Jens Büttner/dpaDPASun, November 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM UTC·1 min readAlpine skiing superstar Mikaela Shiffrin won a second consecutive slalom World Cup race with a dominant victory in Gurgl, Austria on Sunday.
Shiffrin clocked a combined time of 1 minute 48.11 seconds in two runs, giving no chance for second place Lara Colturi of Albania, who was 1.23 minutes behind. Third place went to Swiss Camille Rast.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementUS star Shiffrin was badly hit by injury last season and failed to even win the discipline title despite dominating slalom for over a decade.
But the 30-year-old is back to her best as she racked up a record-extending 103rd World Cup victory and a 66th slalom success after winning last weekend's slalom in Levi, Finland.
Last season's World Cup slalom champion Zrinka Ljutić was last after she didn't finish the second run.
On Saturday, France's Paco Rassat claimed his maiden World Cup win and podium in the slalom and took the men's overall lead.
The men head to Copper Mountain in Colorado for a super-G and a giant slalom next week, while the women are scheduled to compete in the giant slalom and slalom.
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