World Cup spotlight again on Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin
SOELDEN, Austria — The spotlight again will be on Americans Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin in the 53rd women’s Alpine skiing World Cup season — but for very different reasons.
Shiffrin starts her quest for a third overall championship at the season-opening giant slalom Saturday. Vonn is set to begin her record-chasing season with two downhills and a super-G in Lake Louise in late November.
Vonn’s 82 wins from 18 seasons leave her four short of the all-time World Cup record, set by Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark in the 1980s.