The American Olympic and world champion, who triumphed in the opening slalom race of the season on home snow in the Colorado resort yesterday, again proved to be too strong for the rest of the field as she powered to a 16th World Cup victory.

Following a slight slip at the top of the course, the 20-year-old clocked a total time of 1min 40.18sec after her two runs, with Sweden's Frida Hansdotter improving from her third placed finish yesterday to come home in second position.

The Swede was a massive 2.65 seconds adrift of the commanding Shiffrin, with the Czech Republic's Sarka Strachova rounding off the podium in third.

"I just tried to do a replay of yesterday,” said Shiffrin.

“I was like 'forget that yesterday happened and just do the exact same'.

"I just did the same thing and it worked, so that is good.

“Sometimes I am surprised at the times but I think that's how I am skiing.

“Probably there were some things that were tricky for the other girls these past few days.

"So I think their level is probably higher than what they showed.

"That is kind of a typical training run for me.

"So I was really excited about how the last two days went because I put my dream skiing in the races.

"I was really attacking.”

Meanwhile, Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal also doubled up in the men's World Cup, adding a Super-G victory to the downhill success he claimed in Lake Louise, Canada, yesterday.

His total time of 1:29.30 saw him come ahead of Austrian Matthias Mayer, who was 0.35 back, while Peter Fill of Italy did enough for third.

"It feels perfect," said Svindal, the 32-year-old 2010 Olympic champion in Super-G.

"I was hoping I would be fast, maybe good enough to win races, but winning both that’s different, so I’m super happy.

"To ski fast builds confidence.

"It’s been a really good weekend in Lake Louise and if I can keep going like this, which doesn’t necessarily mean winning but fighting for the wins, that’s all I can ask for.”

The men's World Cup season is now due to move to Beaver Creek in the United States, with downhill, Super-G and giant slalom scheduled between Friday and next Sunday (December 4 and 6).

The women's season heads to Lake Louise between the same dates, for two downhill competitions and a Super-G. 


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