Mikaela Shiffrin clinches slalom gold in World Cup skiing

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Mikaela Shiffrin
Mikaela Shiffrin in action at the event 

Mikaela Shiffrin from the United States won the slalom competition of the Women's Alpine Skiing World Cup in Jasna in the Northern Slovakia.

Shiffrin on Sunday finished 2.36 seconds ahead of Wendy Holdener from Switzerland in second place. Slovakia's Veronika Velez-Zuzulova was third, 2.77 seconds behind the winner, reports Xinhua.

It has been the first Alpine Skiing World Cup in Slovakia after 30 years attended by 17,000 visitors.

Edited by Staff Editor