Mikaela Shiffrin: American skier wins 87th World Cup to break long-standing record

Mikaela Shiffrin won her archetypal World Cup successful Are 11 years ago

Mikaela Shiffrin became the top Alpine skier of each clip with her 87th World Cup triumph - precisely 12 years aft making her debut.

She had drawn level with Stenmark successful winning the elephantine slalom connected Friday.

Shiffrin, who won her archetypal World Cup successful the aforesaid edifice successful 2012, said her accomplishment was "hard to comprehend".

She clocked 1 infinitesimal 41.77 seconds crossed her 2 runs, putting her 0.92 seconds up of Switzerland's Wendy Holdener successful the standings.

"The champion feeling is to skis connected the 2nd tally erstwhile you person a lead," said Shiffrin.

"You person to beryllium astute but besides I conscionable wanted to beryllium accelerated excessively and skis the 2nd tally similar its ain race, and I did it precisely however I wanted and that's amazing."

Shiffrin, who turns 28 connected Monday, was amazed connected the decorativeness enactment by her brother, Taylor, who she did not cognize was successful attendance.

The Colorado autochthonal made her World Cup debut connected 11 March 2011, competing successful the elephantine slalom successful the Czech Republic.

This play she has amassed 13 wins crossed each disciplines truthful acold and has secured the overall, slalom and elephantine slalom World Cup crystal globes.