ARE, Sweden : American skier Mikaela Shiffrin was heading for a record-equalling 86th World Cup victory after leading the first leg of a women's giant slalom in Are by more than half a second on Friday.Shiffrin, who started seventh, was 0.58 of a second faster than 15th starting Canadian Valerie Grenier
ARE, Sweden : American skier Mikaela Shiffrin was heading for a record-equalling 86th World Cup victory after leading the first leg of a women's giant slalom in Are by more than half a second on Friday.
Austria's Franziska Gritsch, 16th out of the start hut on a sunny morning, was in third place and 0.93 behind Shiffrin according to provisional results.
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