Mikaela Shiffrin Wins Historic 100th World Cup Race; 'Grateful' After November Crash

Mikaela Shiffrin earned the 100th World Cup win of her legendary career on Sunday in Sestriere, Italy.

This was her first victory since her serious crash in November.

"Everyone had been so nice and so supportive. I am so grateful, thank you," she said.

In Sunday's slalom event, Shiffrin had a total time of 1:50.33 across her two runs, which was 0.61 seconds better than Croatiaa's Zrinka Ljutić.

She was on her way to No. 100 in Killington, Vermont, earlier in the fall. She fell and collided with a gate during her second run in a World Cup race. The collision left her with a puncture in her abdomen and "severe muscle trauma." Her puncture wound also became infected, which required its own surgery.

Sunday was a significant improvement over Shiffrin's two earlier showings this weekend. She was 25th in Friday's giant slalom and then failed to even advance to the second run a day later in the same competition.

Shiffrin already owned the all-time World Cup wins record, passing Ingemar Stenmark in March 2023. Hitting the century mark represents another major achievement, and she's opening up such a wide gap that her mark is becoming increasingly unreachable for anybody else.

The 29-year-old is using Sunday's first-place finish to help raise money for a good cause. U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced she will work with Share Winter Foundation to help raise $100,000 to improve access to introductory programs for young skiers and snowboarders.