Shiffrin ties Stenmark at 86 World Cup wins

Moments after earning her record-tying 86th World Cup victory, Mikaela Shiffrin was asked by a Swedish broadcaster to directly address Ingemar

Stenmark, the skiing standout who had promised to watch at home on television.

From one great to another, the 27-year-old American spoke to the 66-year-old Swede of her respect for him and the historic mark he set in 1989 that was long thought to be beyond reach.

“No matter what I do, it doesn’t ever compare to what you achieved,” Shiffrin said into the TV6 camera from Are, Sweden. “Maybe I get the 87th victory, maybe not. But for me the biggest dream is to be mentioned in the same sentence as you.”

Shiffrin matched the Swede’s mark by winning a giant slalom Friday. She can break the record Saturday in a slalom race. Those are her specialties, just as they were for Stenmark in the 1970s and 1980s.

Shiffrin finished in 1:54.642 on Friday, 0.64 seconds ahead of Italy’s Federica Brignone.

Lille striker Jonathan David notched a hat trick to become the top scorer in the French league, and Lyon substitute Alexandre Lacazette netted two late goals to salvage a 3-3 away draw.

David raised his Ligue 1 tally to 19, one ahead of Paris SaintGermain’s Kylian Mbappé. ...

Neymar underwent seasonending surgery on his damaged right ankle, PSG said. . . .

Enes Unal scored his second penalty on the final kick of the match to snatch 10-man Getafe a 2-2 draw at Cadiz in the Spanish league.

MISC.

Second-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas was beaten 7-6 (7-0), 4-6, 7-6 (7-5) by Jordan Thompson in second-round play at the Indian Wells (Calif.) Masters. Tsitsipas had his shoulder taped, and the injury appeared to affect his backhand. . . . Tyson Fury is only interested in boxing Oleksandr Usyk to become undisputed world heavyweight champion if he gets 70 percent of the earnings from the bout.

Time looks to be running out to arrange a deal between the two titleholders, with Usyk’s promoter, Alex Krassyuk, saying the latest offer — a 60-40 split to the winner — was rejected by Fury and his camp. . . . Three-time Olympic champion

Kaylee Mckeown broke the world record in the 200-meter backstroke at the New South Wales State Open swim championships in Sydney.

Mckeown finished in

2 minutes 03.14 seconds, taking 0.21 seconds off American Regan

Smith’s mark from the 2019 world championships in Gwangju, South Korea. . . .

Pat Mccormick, who became the first diver to sweep the threemeter and 10-meter events at consecutive Olympics, died at 92.