Mikaela Shiffrin catches Vlhova for record 47th World Cup slalom win

• American makes up 0.42 in second run to catch rival Vlhova
• Shiffrin, 26, sets mark for most WC wins in a single discipline

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin won the last World Cup women's slalom before the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday to take her 47th victory in the discipline and smash a record she had shared with Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark.

The double Olympic gold medalist, who shed tears at the finish, has now won more races in a single discipline than any other skier, male or female, in World Cup history. Stenmark won 46 giant slaloms in a career stretching from 1973 to 1989.