World Cup: Mikaela Shiffrin wins downhill in St Moritz

Shiffrin also has two World Cup wins in the slalom this season

Mikaela Shiffrin claimed a rare World Cup downhill victory in St Moritz, Switzerland, to extend her record as the greatest Alpine skier of all time.

The American, 28, has 91 World Cup wins - five more than Ingemar Stenmark's tally, which had stood since 1989 before Shiffrin broke it in March.

This was only Shiffrin's fourth downhill win, with the majority of her victories in slalom and giant slalom.

"Winning World Cup races is hard and I never take it for granted," she said.

"It was so much fun. I'm going down the course like 'Weeeee! Woo-hoo! Oh no!' The commentary might be pretty funny.

"At least in my head, I'm freaking out the whole way down."

In the first downhill race of the season, Shiffrin beat two-time Olympic downhill champion Sofia Goggia - winner of the super-G on Friday - by 0.15 seconds, with fellow Italian Federica Brignone, the 2020 overall World Cup winner, a further 0.02 seconds back in third.

Shiffrin, top of the overall World Cup standings and bidding for a record sixth title, said: "There are so many athletes who can win and I never expect to be in front of somebody.

"Every time I race I know I have to really earn that if I want to be on the podium and winning, and today is no different."