Mikaela Shiffrin extended her overall World Cup lead with an imperious display to win the slalom at the World Cup finals in Lillehammer on Tuesday, although Emma Aicher pushed their title fight into the last race of the season.
Shiffrin powered to her ninth slalom win of the campaign to take an 85-point advantage in the overall standings over Aicher into Wednesday's closing giant slalom.
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