Mikaela Shiffrin claimed a historic a hundredth Alpine snowboarding World Cup win on Sunday with victory within the slalom within the Italian resort of Sestriere.
The American, who returned to motion in January after two months out with damage, completed 0.61 seconds forward of second-placed Croatian Zrinka Ljutic.
The win means the 29-year-old is the primary skier, male or feminine, to succeed in triple digits in World Cup race victories.
An emotional Shiffrin stated after her win: “In the present day a variety of issues needed to go proper for me, and fallacious for others.
“In the long run, I did one thing proper.”
Shiffrin, the world’s most profitable alpine skier, had beforehand spoken about her psychological well being struggles in returning to competitors after a freak race damage.
She had been set for her a hundredth victory in December when main the second leg of a large slalom race in Killington in america however crashed out close to the tip of the run, somersaulting into the protection nets.
Shiffrin sustained a puncture wound and muscle harm to her abdomen, an damage she informed NEWSTORN’s Ski Sunday was “bizarre, gross and painful”.
She spent two months out injured however returned to racing on the finish of January and received a record-equalling fifteenth profession world championships medal in Saalbach earlier this month.
“All people’s been so good and so supportive,” she added.
“All of my team-mates and rivals and coaches and the entire World Cup. I am so grateful.”
