Mikaela Shiffrin could give herself an early birthday present this weekend by breaking Ingemar Stenmark's all-time record of 86 World Cup wins on the Swedish great's home snow. The American skier, who will turn 28 next Monday, has a good chance to equal the record on Friday in a giant slalom in Are, the Sw
Mikaela Shiffrin could give herself an early birthday present this weekend by breaking Ingemar Stenmark's all-time record of 86 World Cup wins on the Swedish great's home snow.
If the five times overall World Cup champion does that, then the first chance to break the record will be a slalom on Saturday. Whereas Stenmark's success in the 1970s and 80s was limited to slalom and giant slalom, Shiffrin has also won in downhill, super-G, combined and parallel.
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