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Shiffrin vs Vonn: Different strengths but similar approach

FILE - Combo of images shows at top Lindsey Vonn speeding down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015 and at bottom United States' Mikaela Shiffrin competing during an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom in Soelden, Austria, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. 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/Marco Trovati)

FILE - Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, left, and teammate Mikaela Shiffrin stand at the finish area at the Rettenbach glacier, ahead of Saturday's women's giant slalom Ski World Cup race in Soelden, Austria, Friday, Oct. 23, 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/Giovanni Auletta, File)

FILE - United States' Lindsey Vonn, left, and Mikaela Shiffrin pose for a photo after an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017. 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/Alessandro Trovati, File)

Shiffrin vs Vonn: Different strengths but similar approach