Shiffrin Wins Semmering Slalom for 106th Victory

Mikaela Shiffrin rallied from fourth place after a challenging first run to claim victory in the women's World Cup slalom on Sunday night in Semmering, Austria, securing her 106th career World Cup win and extending her slalom winning streak to six consecutive races this season.

The American skier posted the fastest second-run time of 53.44 seconds on the Panorama course, overcoming a 0.54-second deficit to finish 0.09 seconds ahead of Switzerland's Camille Rast, who led after the opening run. Albania's 19-year-old Lara Colturi rounded out the podium in third, 0.57 seconds behind Shiffrin. Austria's Katharina Liensberger placed fourth, 0.91 seconds off the winning time, while teammate Katharina Truppe finished fifth, 0.93 seconds back. The top five were separated by less than a second, but sixth-place Wendy Holdener trailed by 2.76 seconds, highlighting the tight competition.

Conditions plagued the first run, as warm midday temperatures caused the snow to soften and crumble despite organizers' efforts to firm it up with water and salt. Of the 79 starters, 39 did not finish, marking one of the highest dropout rates in World Cup history and shifting the focus from speed to...