Saalbach-Hinterglemm (Austria), 11 (dpa/EP)
The American skier Mikaela Shiffrin continued to extend her legend in the Alpine skiing after conquering Tuesday, along with her compatriot Breezy Johnson, the gold in the team combined by teams of the world championships that are being held in Saalbach-Hintergymm (Austria).
Thus, the Colorado, winner of 99 tests of the World Cup and that has reached this World Cup in time after suffering a device in late November, added its fifteenth World Cup medal, matching the record that dated the years of the years of the years 30 in the hands of the German Christl Cranz, although twelve golden metals, four less than the American, which also has four silver and three bronzes.
Shiffrin had initially resigned to compete this new team combined, but finally changed his mind and formed a couple with Johnson, who placed the team half a second from the other after being fourth in the descent, a modality in which a few days ago he proclaimed himself champion of the world.
But the laureate skier demonstrated her level in the downt descent to overcome and keep the gold ahead of the Swiss Lara Gut-Berami and Wendy Holdner, whom she surpassed by 39 hundredths, and the Austrian Stephanie Venier and Katharina Truppe. The American Lindsey Vonn, who had shown her interest in competing with Shiffrin, ended together Aj Hurt in a discreet sixteenth place.