56 points became 236. Mikaela Shiffrin finished second in the World Cup Finals super-G in Courchevel on Thursday, 0.05 seconds behind Ragnhild Mowinckel. Petra Vlhová scored nothing. That gave Shiffrin a 236-point lead in the overall standings with only the slalom and giant slalom left, 200 points in total. The overall globe is hers, her fourth.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ragnhild MowinckelNOR | NOR | — |
| 2 | Mikaela ShiffrinUSA | USA | +0.05 |
| 3 | Michelle GisinSUI | SUI | +0.13 |
Two days, two speed races
She arrived at the finals 56 points ahead of Vlhová. On Wednesday she won the downhill, her third career downhill win and her first since 2020, and the lead went to 156. On Thursday she was 0.05 off the super-G win, and Vlhová finished 17th. The title was decided in the speed races, Vlhová’s weakest events, before the finals slalom, her strongest.
Only the top 15 score at the finals. Vlhová’s 17th place was worth nothing. The overall title is won by skiers who can score in four disciplines. Shiffrin scored 180 points in two speed races in two days. That settled it.
Numbers
- Between titles: second in 2020, when she stepped away after her father’s death, and fourth in 2021, when injuries limited her to technical events.
- Overall titles: four (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022). That ties Lindsey Vonn. Annemarie Moser-Pröll holds the record with six.
- Career World Cup wins: 74, third all-time behind Vonn (82) and Ingemar Stenmark (86).
- Season podiums: 13, across all four disciplines.
- Beijing 2022: no medal from six events, with three DNFs.
The other globes
- Downhill: Sofia Goggia.
- Super-G: Federica Brignone.
- Giant slalom: Tessa Worley.
- Slalom: Petra Vlhová, clinched in Schladming in January.
The Olympics went badly for Shiffrin. The World Cup did not: she scored across all four disciplines over the whole winter, and that is what the overall rewards.