American snowboarding celebrity Mikaela Shiffrin has lived as much as her high billing by claiming her seventh gold at a world championships, sinking to the bottom in pleasure and aid after crossing the end line within the large slalom.
Shiffrin’s first title on the championships in France on Thursday made her the first-ever skier to win gold at six editions of the worlds.
“I was so nervous, I still can’t believe it. Being the favourite is not an easy position,” Shiffrin mentioned, after beating Italy’s silver medalist Federica Brignone and Norwegian bronze winner Ragnhild Mowinckel to the historic gold.
“I lost so much time at last year’s World Cup finals [on the same hill] and thought it would happen to me again. I have never been as nervous but I am very happy now.”
Shiffrin, who shook off her disappointment for good of failing to medal in all six races ultimately yr’s Olympics, triumphed the day after the shock news that she had parted methods along with her long-time coach Mike Day.
She entered the worlds on the again of 11 World Cup season wins for a ladies’s document 85 profession wins, only one shy of Ingemar Stenmark’s all-time mark of 86 high spots.
She then overcame the shock of straddling the third-last gate in final week’s championship-opening alpine mixed which value her the gold, which was gained as a substitute by Brignone.
But Shiffrin rebounded with super-G silver after which acquired the higher of Brignone by 0.12 seconds on Thursday for her first world title within the self-discipline during which she gained 5 of the eight season races this season and Olympic gold in 2018.
There was heartbreak for the hosts when the 2013 and 2017 race winner Tessa Worley crashed out late within the second run, after inserting second within the first, and main on the final cut up.
Shiffrin turns into the primary skier to win gold at six worlds, having beforehand topped the slalom in 2013, 2015 and 2017, the slalom and super-g in 2019, the alpine mixed in 2021 and now the 2023 large slalom.
Her 13 medals general put her second all-time, with solely German Christl Cranz forward on 15, 12 of them gold, within the Thirties.
Shiffrin can shut that hole on Saturday within the last ladies’s race, the slalom, which is her pet occasion.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
