Mikaela Shiffrin was in a league of her own in Alpine Combined at the FIS World Ski Championships in Cortina. The American earned her second medal at these World Championships and the ninth in her career with a dominant victory.

After Shiffrin sat in third place after the super-G it was clear that any other racer would have to have the slalom of their lives to take the gold medal away from Shiffrin. And it was clear that it would be virtually impossible as an icy course and tricky set at the top left only the slalom experts able to vie for the medals.

In the end, it was three familiar tech faces taking home the hardware as Shiffrin topped Petra Vlhova by an impressive 0.86 seconds. Third place went to Michelle Gisin 0.89 off the winning pace.

After winning three medals at the 2019 World Championships in Are (SWE), including the same silver medal in the combined, Vlhova was happy to get on the podium today. “It’s a good way to kick off the tech week and always a relief to earn the first medal. The difference today was my super-G, which put me in a good position for the slalom run.”

Shiffrin also earned three medals at the last edition of the World Championship, and with two under her belt already here, she is on pace to beat that mark.