Imperious Shiffrin shows Olympic pedigree in record World Cup slalom romp

This seventh win in the eight slaloms held this season cemented her standing as favourite for a second Olympic slalom gold at next month's Milan-Cortina Games. And it came with added significance as she became the first man or woman in the history of the alpine skiing World Cup to win more than eight globes in a single event. She had arrived in the Czech Republic level on eight with long-retired Swedish slalom specialist Ingemar Stenmark and US teammate Lindsey Vonn. With two World Cup slaloms left after the Games...