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Mikaela Shiffrin has continued her utter domination of the women's alpine skiing circuit with five victories this season, but says that she will not follow in Lindsey Vonn's footsteps by asking to race against men.Although a third straight overall World Cup crystal globe already looks all but a formality for Shiffrin with a 330-point lead in the standings after just 11 races, she does not have an eye on challenging the likes of Marcel Hirscher and Henrik Kristoffersen."It (racing men) is not one of my goals," she told AFP on Thursday ahead of Friday's giant slalom in Courchevel."I think that it's always really fun to train with the men and I think it would be fun to compete with the men but it would be a different style of racing."For sure I don't see myself racing a downhill with the men or racing in a giant slalom or a slalom or a Super-G against the men."American great Vonn looks set to miss out on breaking Ingemar Stenmark's all-time record of 86 World Cup wins ahead of her impending retirement, but all eyes will quickly turn to her younger compatriot Shiffrin's own bid to make history.The 23-year-old has already claimed 49 World Cup wins including in six different...
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