Mikaela Shiffrin closes tumultuous season with 101st World Cup win

• American star ends injury-hit season with slalom victory
• Record-extended win comes at Women's World Cup finals
• Germany's Durr finishes seconds, Slovenia's Slokar third

Mikaela Shiffrin capped one of the most emotionally and physically grueling seasons of her storied career with a vintage performance on Thursday, winning the slalom at the Women's World Cup finals in Sun Valley for her record-extending 101st career World Cup victory.

The 30-year-old American skied with precision and poise on a bumpy, technical course, posting the fastest time on the first run and holding her nerve on the second to finish in a combined time of 1:45.92. Her margin of victory - 1.13sec over Germany's Lena Durr - was her largest in a slalom this season. Slovenia's Andreja Slokar rounded out the podium in third.