And five! After flying over the season with eleven races won and 14 podiums in 25 starts so far, Mikaela Shiffrin won her fifth big crystal globe this Saturday at the age of 27. The American finished fifth in the downhill at Kvitfjell (Norway) and is 795 points ahead of Lara Gut, her runner-up, with only seven races left to compete this season (therefore 700 points to win).
The skier crowned in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and now 2023, is only one title away from the women’s record held by Austrian legend Annemarie Moser-Pröll for women (Austrian Marcel Hirscher has eight). This title now acquired, Mikaela Shiffrin will undoubtedly try to equal the absolute record of victories in the World Cup, held by the Swede Ingemar Stenmark (86). She will have the opportunity to match it this Sunday in the super-G.
Fourth downhill globe for Goggia
Less in legs than usual, the Italian Sofia Goggia finished in second place in the downhill of Kvitfjell (Norway) behind the Norwegian Kajsa Vickhoff Lie (+ 29″) and secured her fourth downhill globe, after those of 2018, 2021 and 2022. With a 209-point lead and five victories in eight races, the Transalpine left Slovenian Ilka Stuhec no chance and thus retained his title of specialist in the discipline for the third consecutive year. .