Shiffrin gets out of the gate early with 98th World Cup win

LEVI, Finland — American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin earned her record-extending 98th career World Cup win on Saturday to give herself the chance to compete for victory No 100 in front of a home crowd.

Regardless of her result in a slalom in Austria next week, Shiffrin could reach the milestone in two races in Killington, Vermont, on Nov 30 and Dec 1, respectively.

The two-time Olympic champion, who is from Colorado, can almost consider Killington a hometown race, because she honed her skills nearby at the Burke Mountain Academy as a teenager.