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?Mikaela Shiffrin wrapped up the season-long slalom World Cup title Tuesday in Stockholm, three days after winning her record fourth straight world title in the discipline. And she matched yet another record in the process.

Marcel Hirscher led an Austrian clean sweep in the slalom by winning by 0.65 seconds for a record-tying seventh career gold medal at the alpine world championships in Are, Sweden, on Sunday.

?Mikaela Shiffrin fought through sickness to win an unprecedented fourth straight slalom title at the world championships in Are, Sweden. Canada's Laurence St.-Germain and Erin Mielzynski cracked the top 10, finishing sixth and 10th.

Henrik Kristoffersen finally won a medal at the skiing world championships — and much to his own surprise it was gold. The Norwegian produced a brilliant second run to topple first-leg leader Alexis Pinturault and favorite Marcel Hirscher and win the giant slalom by 0.20 seconds on Friday.

Mikaela Shiffrin's careful planning didn't pay off in the giant slalom at the world championships as the American had to settle for a bronze medal behind winner Petra Vlhova of Slovakia. Vlhova, who is emerging as Shiffrin's big rival, finished 0.14 seconds ahead of Viktoria Rebensburg.

Switzerland has now won gold in all 11 events in the history of the Alpine skiing world championships.

P.K. Subban of the NHL's Nashville Predators has done his best to welcome home Lindsey Vonn and into retirement.

Alexis Pinturault finally transferred his consistent winning form on the World Cup circuit into a gold medal at a major championship.

Five days after crashing in super-G, Lindsey Vonn bounced back to win the bronze medal in the world championship downhill Sunday in Are, Sweden, in the final race of her career.