Shiffrin closes season with record 21st GS win

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How many victories?" Johan Eliasch, president of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation, wanted to know after handing Shiffrin her fifth big crystal globe, the prize for winning the World Cup overall title.
A week after breaking the record of Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark, the American skier extended the all-time mark for career wins by winning the last race of the season, a giant slalom at the World Cup finals on Sunday.
Her 21st career win in the discipline marked yet another milestone, as it moved Shiffrin past Swiss skier Vreni Schneider, who had 20 World Cup giant slalom victories between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s.
That was really the only record that I actually ever wanted, like really shot for," said Shiffrin, who was 18 when she won her first Olympic gold at the 2014 Sochi Games.