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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy– Mikaela Shiffrin made Olympic history Wednesday, becoming the first American alpine skier to win three gold medals and the first woman to capture two Olympic slalom titles.

Shiffrin, 30, delivered two dominant runs to win the women’s slalom at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games by 1.50 seconds. Switzerland’s Camille Rast, the reigning world champion, took silver, and Sweden’s Anna Swenn-Larsson earned bronze.

The American built a 0.82-second lead after her first run and extended it with another strong performance in the second, securing her first Olympic medal in eight years.

Shiffrin was shut out at the 2022 Beijing Olympics and finished fourth earlier in the Milan-Cortina Games in the team combined event with Breezy Johnson. She also placed 15th in the slalom and 11th in the giant slalom in individual events at these Games before her breakthrough victory.

A Colorado native, Shiffrin previously won Olympic slalom gold at the 2014 Sochi Games at age 18, becoming the youngest slalom gold medalist in Olympic history. She added gold in giant slalom and silver in the combined at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.

Shiffrin holds the record for the most World Cup victories by any alpine skier, male or female, with 108 career wins.

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