Shiffrin claims historic 100th World Cup win

In the slalom in the Italian resort of Sestriere, Mikaela Shiffrin won the 100th Alpine skiing World Cup championship on Sunday.

The American, who returned to action in January after two months out with injury, finished 0.61 seconds ahead of second-placed Croatian Zrinka Ljutic.

The win means the 29-year-old is the first skier, male or female, to reach triple digits in World Cup race victories.

After her victory, Shiffrin expressed her heartfelt congratulations by saying, “Today, many things had to go right for me and wrong for others.”

” In the end, I did something right. “

The most successful alpine skier in the world has previously discussed her mental health issues when competing following a freak race injury.

When she led the second leg of a massive slalom race in Killington, United States, she had already won her 100th victory in December, but she lost her balance and slammed into the safety nets at the finish line.

Shiffrin sustained a puncture wound and muscle damage to her stomach, an injury she told BBC’s Ski Sunday was” weird, gross and painful”.

She missed two months of training before coming back to racing at the end of January with her record-equalling 15th career world championships medal in Saalbach earlier this month.

” Everybody’s been so nice and so supportive, “she added.