Shiffrin wins season opener

World Cup champion champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States claimed the season-opening women’s World Cup race in Levi, Finland, on Saturday for her 48th slalom victory. No other skier has won more titles in a single competition. She reached her 67th slalom podium, also a record in women’s single competition, one more than compatriot Lindsey Vonn in downhill races. Shiffrin moved to the top with the fastest second run after placing third in the opening run in foggy conditions in Finnish Lapland to beat Anna Swenn Larsson of Sweden by .16 of a second.