Shiffrin eyes record

American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin has a chance to end her magnificent year by setting another record in today’s final race of 2013. At 18 years, 291 days, Shiffrin can become the youngest female skier to win five World Cup slaloms in one calendar year. The record is held by retired Croatian standout Janica Kostelic, who was 67 days older when she captured five slaloms in 2000. “I didn’t even know that, I guess now I am thinking about that,” Shiffrin told the AP, adding that setting records “is definitely part of my goals.” Shiffrin, who has been dominating the slalom circuit this year by winning both the world title and the World Cup discipline title, has five career wins. – Associated Press