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@mikaelashiffrin ended her Christmas break with a bang, crushing the Lienz slalom down a gnarly, rutted course to take the win by .89 seconds. Unreal! 🎄🇺🇸💪 #worldcuplienz #usalpine

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Mikaela Shiffrin’s remarkable pace is putting her on track to overcome the best ski racers in history. With her most recent slalom victory in Lienz, Austria today, Vail’s pride and joy is now boasting a healthy lead in the FIS World Cup standings as well as 36 world cup wins to her name. She is currently 400 points ahead of Germany ski racer, Viktoria Rebensburg

While Eurosport is barring US residents from watching the winning run, you can catch an NBC broadcast of the race today at 1pm. If this boss says, “no, you can’t go to the bar to watch skiing in the middle of the work day,” just ask: “do you even consider yourself an American?”

Find the entire US Ski Team writeup here: World Cup Victory No. 36 For Shiffrin