Mikaela Shiffrin claims historic 100th skiing World Cup win
Mikaela Shiffrin won the historic 100-time Alpine Ski World Cup title on Sunday, winning the rushback of the victory in Sestriere, Italy.
The American returned to the operation in January two months after his injury, leading by 0.61 seconds in the second second of the Croatian Zrinka Ljutic.
The victory means the 29-year-old is the first skier to win a triple-digit skier in a World Cup victory.
An emotional shiffrin said after winning: “Today, a lot of things are right for me and wrong for others.
“In the end, I did the right thing.”
Shiffrin, the most successful alpine skier in the world, Said before About her mental health struggle, returning to the game after the geek race.
She had her 100th victory in December, leading the second leg of a huge slalom in Killington, USA, but crashed at the end of the run and somersaults entered the safety net.
Shiffrin suffered a stomach injury and muscle damage to her, and she told the BBC’s Sunday skiing was “weird, rough and painful”.
She spent two months injured but returned to racing at the end of January and won a record 15th professional world championship medal at Salbach earlier this month.
“Everyone is so kind and so supportive,” she added.
“All my teammates, competitors and coaches and the entire World Cup. I’m very grateful.”
