Shiffrin Awarded Second Overall World Cup Title

Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, Colo.) was officially awarded the crystal globe for her second-straight overall World Cup title Sunday following the cancellation of the last race of the season due to weather conditions.

“It’s incredible,” Shiffrin said of her second World Cup title. “This season was just so incredible for me. I really felt like it was a statement to say ‘I’m here, I’m really one of the best skiers in the world and I deserve to have this!’

“It’s so nice to stand up there on the podium with the big globe and just take in that moment,” she added.

Shiffrin won 12 World cup races this season, including seven slalom victories, two giant slalom victories and one downhill, and one city event victory. She scored 1,773 World Cup points, 605 more than second-place finisher Wendy Holdener of Switzerland.

Not one to rest on her laurels, Shiffrin is ready to start prepping for the 2018-19 season.

“We’re going to start training pretty much immediately,” Shiffrin said. “But I’m going to have a little bit of a break. I’m going to see my Nana. I’m going to go home. Yeah, the next season starts immediately, but I’m going to make sure to enjoy it a bit.”

Following the cancellation of the women’s giant slalom Sunday, Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg was awarded the crystal globe for the giant slalom title. Shiffrin finished third in the giant slalom standings. The men’s slalom race was also canceled due to weather conditions. Austria’s Marcel Hirscher had already clinched the overall, slalom and giant slalom titles.

FINAL WORLD CUP STANDINGS
Women’s overall
Men’s overall
Women’s giant slalom
Men’s slalom