Lillehammer, Norway: US ski star Mikaela Shiffrin wrapped up the overall World Cup title for a sixth time after Wednesday’s season-ending giant slalom.
Shiffrin, who previously won the big crystal globe in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023, needed to finish in the top 15 in Norway to again guarantee herself the big crystal globe. That meant the 31-year-old American finished with an insurmountable points tally over her closest rival, Germany’s Emma Aicher.
Shiffrin finished the season with 1,386 points, while Aicher was second 87pts adrift. “This thing sums up the whole season,” said Shiffrin, who heaped praise on Aicher. “Her skiing has been so cool. The outcome of this day is that she can do this. That’s the coolest thing about ski racing, that anything is possible” Shiffrin, whose sixth globe matched Austrian Annemarie Moser-Proell (1971-5, 1979), added: “I’m really, really grateful to be in this position.
