Shiffrin says she misses injured rival Vlhova after taking 95th career win
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- Vlhova suffered season-ending injury on Saturday
- American closes on season's World Cup title
Mikaela Shiffrin earned her 95th career win to extend her record, triumphing in a women's World Cup slalom on Sunday, a day after the star's main rival sustained a season-ending injury.
In the first race without Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova, Shiffrin edged out Croatian teenager Zrinka Ljutic by 0.14 seconds. Sweden's Anna Swenn Larsson in third and Switzerland's Camille Rast in fourth were the only other racers to finish within a second of Shiffrin's time.
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