Mikaela Shiffrin clinches Alpine skiing’s World Cup overall title for sixth time

American Alpine skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin clinched the overall World Cup title in the final race of the season, finishing well enough in a giant slalom to secure the prize for a sixth time in her career. Shiffrin entered the race on Wednesday at the World Cup finals in Lillehammer, Norway, needing only to hold off rising German star Emma Aicher, a top skier across all disciplines. Aicher, 22, needed a win and for Shiffrin, 31, to finish no better than 16th. After the first run, it was too clo

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