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American star Mikaela Shiffrin cemented her status as the greatest alpine skier of all time as she won Olympic slalom gold in emphatic fashion.<\/b><\/p>\n
Twelve years on from winning the title in Sochi aged 18, Shiffrin stormed to victory with an overall time of 1:39:10, a significant 1.50 seconds ahead of second place to become a three-time Olympic champion.<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old put herself in pole position with a time of 47.13 seconds in the first run, a gap of 0.82 seconds to second-place Lena Duerr.<\/p>\n
The German was the only skier to finish within one second of Shiffrin but she straddled the first gate on her second run to put herself out of medal contention.<\/p>\n
That left Shiffrin with what was ultimately an exhibition run to take gold and she completed the run in 51.97 seconds.<\/p>\n
Switzerland’s Camille Rast won silver while Sweden’s Anna Swenn Larsson took bronze.<\/p>\n
More to follow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n