"Mikaela Shiffrin won Olympic slalom gold on Wednesday to end her eight-year Winter Games medal drought and bring some solace to the US ski team. Shiffrin claimed the third Olympic title of her career, and her first since giant slalom gold at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, with a rapid combined time of 1min 39.10sec. list of 4 itemsend of list The 30-year-old already had a lead of 0.82sec after a first run she said she nailed in glorious conditions, and that handy cushion enabled her to cruise to victory."
"She finished a whopping 1.50sec ahead of world champion Camille Rast, who took the first medal of these games for the Swiss women's ski team. Sweden's Anna Swenn Larsson rounded out the podium to claim the first Olympic medal of her career. Shiffrin, centre, celebrates winning gold in the slalom event alongside silver medalist Camille Rast of Team Switzerland, left, and bronze medalist Anna Swenn Larsson of Team Sweden [Mattia Ozbot/Getty Images]"
"She came to Cortina as a red-hot favourite to claim at least one gold due to her sensational form this season, which has taken her all-time record of World Cup wins to 108. Shiffrin has already won the slalom title in the World Cup after coming out on top in seven of this season's races, finishing just 0.14sec behind Rast in Kranjska Gora, the one time she did not win."
Mikaela Shiffrin won Olympic slalom gold at Tofane with a combined time of 1min 39.10sec, ending an eight-year Winter Games medal drought. The 30-year-old held a 0.82sec lead after a first run she described as nailed in glorious conditions and won by 1.50sec over world champion Camille Rast, who earned Switzerland's first women's ski medal at these Games. Sweden's Anna Swenn Larsson took bronze, her first Olympic medal. Shiffrin's victory was her third Olympic title and her first since giant slalom gold in Pyeongchang 2018. She has 108 World Cup wins and secured this season's slalom title with seven wins.
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