Mikaela Shiffrin has a smile as wide as the gap between her and her rivals, following the second of her two back-to-back slalom wins in Aspen.
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'They're playing a joke' —
Victory by a three-second margin on Saturday -- the largest in this discipline's World Cup history -- spurred Shiffrin to wonder whether her rivals were joking.
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Some distance back —
Second behind Shiffrin on Saturday was Veronika Velez Zuzulova (lett) of Slovakia. Frida Hansdotter (right) of Sweden was third.
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Home crowd —
Shiffrin went on to a second, equally dominant victory on Sunday -- in front of her home fans in Colorado -- despite a small mistake.
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Head to head with Lindsey —
Lindsey Vonn, one of skiing's megastars, will go up against Shiffrin for the overall World Cup title this season.
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No joy in giant slalom —
Vonn and Shiffrin both crashed out of Friday's giant slalom. Vonn wiped out in her first run...
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No joy in giant slalom —
... While Shiffrin skied out with just three gates remaining in her second run.
