Canada's Ali Nullmeyer season-best 9th in women's slalom at World Cup finals

Pat Graham · The Associated Press

· Posted: Mar 27, 2025 3:31 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

Mikaela Shiffrin smoothly navigated a bumpy people to easy triumph the women's slalom Thursday astatine the World Cup finals successful Sun Valley, Idaho.

The first-run leader, Shiffrin recovered different burst to decorativeness successful a combined clip of one minute 45.92 seconds and bushed Lena Duerr of Germany by 1.13 seconds. Andreja Slokar of Slovenia took third.

Toronto's Ali Nullmeyer placed a season-best ninth successful 1:48.52, 2.6 seconds down Shiffrin. Nullmeyer's erstwhile champion this run was 11th connected Feb. 23 astatine the Sestriere skis edifice successful Turin, Italy. Her teammate, Laurence St-Germain of Saint-Ferr éol-les-Neiges, Que., finished 20th connected Thursday.

Shiffrin glided done the people astatine Sun Valley with a ample assemblage cheering her done each gate. The American skis racing standout closed retired the World Cup slalom play the aforesaid mode she started it — with a win.

WATCH | Nullmeyer places wrong apical 10 successful Sun Valley, Idaho:

It was an injury-marred play for Shiffrin, who competed successful lone the slalom astatine finals. The 30-year-old Shiffrin has missed 4 slalom races this play and that's taken her retired of retaining her rubric successful the discipline. She inactive finished successful 4th spot successful the slalom standings.

Croatian skis racer Zrinka Ljutic was 10th successful Thursday's contention and captured the season-long slalom rubric contention implicit Katharina Liensberger of Austria. The 21-year-old Ljutic captured past season's "rising star" grant and is showing that endowment up of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. Camille Rast of Switzerland slipped to 3rd successful the wide slalom standings.

For Shiffrin, a achy play drew to a close. She's worked her mode backmost from a superior elephantine slalom clang successful Killington, Vt., in precocious November, wherever she suffered a heavy puncture coiled that caused terrible trauma to her oblique muscles. The clang led to affectional trauma, too, leaving her with post-traumatic accent upset successful the GS.

WATCH | Shiffrin glides done people to triumph successful 2-run clip of 1:45.92:

This play has besides included a memorable milestone for Shiffrin erstwhile she won her 100th World Cup contention during a slalom successful Italy connected Feb. 23.

On Thursday, Shiffrin picked up World Cup triumph No. 101. Fittingly, determination were kids successful the assemblage dressed successful puppy outfits, a motion to Disney's 101 Dalmatians.

When she takes the slalom course, immoderate slalom course, Shiffrin's been pugnacious to beat. She's won 4 of the six World Cup slalom races she's been successful this season.

Over her career, Shiffrin has finished first, 2nd oregon 3rd successful a World Cup slalom contention successful 89 of 118 starts, which is simply a 75.4 per cent podium rate. She's won 64 times, a 54.2 per cent victory rate.