{"id":544635,"date":"2026-03-25T16:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/544635\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T16:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:10:09","slug":"shiffrin-holds-off-aicher-to-win-record-tying-6th-overall-world-cup-skiing-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/544635\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiffrin holds off Aicher to win record-tying 6th overall World Cup skiing title"},"content":{"rendered":"

HAFJELL, Norway (AP) \u2014 Mikaela Shiffrin<\/a> secured a record-tying sixth women\u2019s overall World Cup skiing title by holding off a challenge from emerging German rival Emma Aicher<\/a> in the final race of the season Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Shiffrin needed only to finish in the top 15 of a giant slalom and the American standout secured that before Aicher even began her second run.<\/p>\n

Shiffrin finished 11th and Aicher \u2014 who needed to win the race and hope that Shiffrin finished 16th or worse to clinch her first title \u2014 finished 12th.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s quite emotional,\u201d Shiffrin said. \u201cThis thing sums up a whole season of work and fighting with the whole team and I have to say to Emma that her skiing has been just outstanding and today it was just so cool to watch her, especially on the first run.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the outcome of this day is that she can do this. And I think that\u2019s the coolest thing about ski racing \u2014 that anything is possible,\u201d Shiffrin added.<\/p>\n

Shiffrin was only 17th after the first run but came down in first position in the second and then clinched it when the next two starters placed behind her.<\/p>\n

After being told it was over, Shiffrin dropped to her knees, put her right hand to her face and appeared to be in tears as she asked her team, \u201cAre you sure?\u201d<\/p>\n

Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Shiffrin\u2019s fiancee and the 2020 overall champion, was with her.<\/p>\n

Aicher put the pressure on by skiing into third during the first run. But then the German made a major mistake early in her second run and lost all her speed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had many moments where I thought, \u2018Emma can win this race and I might not make points,\u2019\u201d Shiffrin said. \u201cI\u2019m very grateful right now because I think this this could go differently.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shiffrin matches Moser-Pr\u00f6ll<\/p>\n

Shiffrin matched Austrian downhill great Annemarie Moser-Pr\u00f6ll<\/a>, who won her six titles in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

Moser-Pr\u00f6ll won five straight titles from 1971-75 then a sixth in 1979. Shiffrin won three straight from 2017-19, then back-to-back titles in 2022 and \u201923.<\/p>\n

Lindsey Vonn<\/a> is third on the women\u2019s list with four overall titles.<\/p>\n

And at 31, Shiffrin isn\u2019t done yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m ready for another season \u2014 or maybe not yet \u2014 but I\u2019m excited to keep ski racing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Marcel Hirscher leads the men\u2019s list with eight overall titles.<\/p>\n

Grenier claims 3rd career victory<\/p>\n

Valerie Grenier of Canada added to her first-run advantage to claim her third career World Cup victory. Mina Fuerst Holtmann of Norway finished second on home snow, 0.43 behind, and discipline champion Julia Scheib was third, 0.57 behind.<\/p>\n

Shiffrin was 2.02 behind and Aicher was 2.04 behind after a major mistake early in her second run dropped her down from third after the opening leg.<\/p>\n

Shiffrin finished 87 points ahead of Aicher \u2014 1,410 points to 1,323 points.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been another stellar season for Shiffrin, who claimed the third Olympic gold of her career<\/a> by dominating the slalom at last month\u2019s Milan Cortina Games.<\/p>\n

Shiffrin also won nine of the 10 World Cup slaloms this season and has a record 110 victories across all disciplines \u2014 by far the most in the World Cup by any man or woman. Ingemar Stenmark is next best with 86 wins in the 1970s and \u201980s.<\/p>\n

Aicher is a rare all-arounder<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old Aicher has never won a World Cup giant slalom and has a career-best finish of fourth, achieved this month at Are, Sweden. The only current skier who competes in every event, Aicher was aiming for her first overall title after taking home two silver medals \u2014 in downhill and team combined \u2014 from Milan Cortina.<\/p>\n

Aicher, who has a Swedish mother and a German father and grew up mostly in Sweden, won three World Cup races this season \u2014 one downhill and two super-Gs.<\/p>\n

Scheib already clinched the discipline title<\/a> in the penultimate giant slalom of the season; while Olympic GS champion Federica Brignone shut her season down early.<\/p>\n

US wins Nations Cup<\/p>\n

Shiffrin\u2019s results and Vonn\u2019s domination in downhill until her horrific crash at the Olympics<\/a> helped the U.S. women secure the Nations Cup title for the first time since 1982 by finishing ahead of perennial winner Austria.<\/p>\n

With Olympic downhill champion Breezy Johnson<\/a>, Paula Moltzan and Jacqueline Wiles also registering podium finishes, the U.S. produced 11 World Cup victories and 27 podium finishes with 16 different athletes contributing points throughout the season. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis achievement is a testament to the strength of this team from top to bottom,\u201d said U.S. Ski & Snowboard chief of sport Anouk Patty. \u201cEveryone played a role in this success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tamara McKinney, Cindy Nelson and Christin Cooper led the U.S. to the 1982 title.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

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