Siffrin claims 8th successive World Cup slalom victory (The Associated Press)

Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States racked up her eighth successive World Cup win in the slalom on Saturday while a first victory for Thomas Fanara topped an all-French podium in the giant slalom on the penultimate day of the finals. Shiffrin again won by a large margin and Veronika Velez-Zuzulova and newly-crowned World Cup winner Frida Hansdotter could only smile wryly as the Olympic champion crossed the line more than two seconds faster after another monstrous run. Shiffrin is unbeaten in slalom racing since February 2015 but missed five races during a two-month injury layoff and couldn’t capture a fourth successive crystal globe in the discipline.