American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin earned her record-extending 98th career World Cup win Saturday to give herself the chance to compete for victory No. 100 in front of a home crowd. Regardless of her result in a slalom in Austria next week,

American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin dominated the first women's World Cup slalom of the season Saturday in Finland for her record-extending 98th career win. Laurence St-Germain, of Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges,

Mikaela Shiffrin extended her records with a 98th career Alpine skiing World Cup victory and an eighth reindeer for winning the annual slalom in Levi, Finland. Shiffrin, 29, prevailed by 79 hundredths of a second over Austrian Katharine Liensberger combining times from two runs in the second race of the season on Saturday.

The American skier Mikaela Shiffrin sealed her record-extending 98th World Cup win in Finland's first slalom race of the season. She took lead after the first run and maintained her edge to win by 0.79 seconds over Austria's Katharina Liensberger.

Shiffrin converted a significant first-run lead into an eighth Levi slalom triumph ahead of Katharina Liensberger and Lena Duerr, calling it "an amazing way to start the slalom season".

Mikaela Shiffrin, the USA champion, has achieved 98 career World Cup victories, dominating the Levi special slalom in Finland for the eighth time with a time of 1:47.20. Joining her on the

Shiffrin is in Levi, Finland for this weekend's FIS World Cup Alpine slalom race, and her other seven reindeer Rudolph, Sven, Mr. Gru, Ingemar, Sunny, Lorax, and Grogu are all wishing 'Balto' will join the herd come Saturday.

American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin has dominated the opening run of the first women’s World Cup slalom of the season