American star Mikaela Shiffrin cemented her place among the many greats of alpine snowboarding as she received Olympic slalom gold in emphatic trend.
Twelve years on from profitable the title in Sochi aged 18, Shiffrin stormed to victory with an total time of 1:39:10, a rare 1.50 seconds forward of second place to develop into a three-time Olympic champion.
The 30-year-old put herself in pole place with a time of 47.13secs within the first run at Olimpia delle Tofane, a spot of 0.82secs to second-place Lena Duerr.
The German was the one skier to complete inside one second of Shiffrin however she straddled the primary gate on her second run to place herself out of medal rivalry.
That left Shiffrin with what was finally an exhibition run to take gold and he or she accomplished the run in 51.97secs.
Switzerland’s Camille Rast claimed silver whereas Sweden’s Anna Swenn Larsson took bronze.
Seven-time world champion Shiffrin seemed to be in disbelief as she initially crossed the road however finally crouched on her skis together with her head in her arms earlier than fist pumping in the direction of the group.
Though the margin of victory this time was important, issues had not gone to plan for her till now in Cortina.
She completed eleventh within the big slalom and an agonising fourth within the group occasion alongside Olympic downhill champion Breezy Johnson.
In reality, since her big slalom gold in Pyeongchang 2018, which adopted slalom gold in Sochi 2014, the Olympics have merely not been a contented searching floor for Shiffrin.
4 years in the past in Beijing she crashed out of each the large slalom and slalom occasions simply seconds into her run, finishing six races however returning dwelling with out a medal.
However essentially the most embellished alpine skier of all time cruised to victory this time and put years of Olympic anguish behind her to ship on the massive stage.
