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From the start, Shiffrin showed she was the skier to beat

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin is overcome by emotion as she stands on the podium after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom race, in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. Shiffrin matched Lindsey Vonn's women's World Cup skiing record with her 82nd win Sunday. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) United States' Mikaela Shiffrin reacts after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Kronplatz, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Shiffrin won a record 83rd World Cup race Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) FILE - United States' Mikaela Shiffrin, third place in an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill, right, is hugged by second-placed United States' Lindsey Vonn, in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, In this Friday, Jan. 19, 2018 file photo. Mikaela Shiffrin has had a World Cup skiing career like no other woman. Shiffrin raced to a record-breaking 83rd win Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati, File) United States' Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom race, in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) FILE - Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, right, hugs compatriot Lindsey Vonn after the women's combined slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Jeongseon, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. Mikaela Shiffrin has matched Lindsey Vonn’s women’s World Cup skiing record with her 82nd win at the women's World Cup giant slalom race, in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File) FILE - The winner United States' Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates after an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom race, in Zagreb, Croatia, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. On Sunday Jan. 8, 2023, Mikaela Shiffrin has matched Lindsey Vonn’s women’s World Cup skiing record with her 82nd win at the women's World Cup giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia,. (AP Photo/Piermarco Tacca, File) FILE - United States' Mikaela Shiffrin reacts after finishing her second run during the women's World Cup slalom ski race Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015, in Aspen, Colo. Mikaela Shiffrin has matched Lindsey Vonn’s women’s World Cup skiing record with her 82nd win at the women's World Cup giant slalom race, in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File) FILE - Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, kisses the alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom discipline trophy, at the World Cup finals in Meribel, France, Saturday, March 21, 2015. Mikaela Shiffrin has matched Lindsey Vonn’s women’s World Cup skiing record with her 82nd win at the women's World Cup giant slalom race, in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati, File) Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States sits on the side of the course after skiing out in the first run of the women's slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
From the start, Shiffrin showed she was the skier to beat