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Switzerland's Lara Gut failed to finish the first run and
will have to wait until Monday, when there is a giant slalom
postponed from Saturday, to overtake Lindsey Vonn and lead the
overall World Cup standings.
American Vonn has been forced to end her season after injuring
her knee but is still 28 points ahead of Gut.
Compatriot Shiffrin, who turns 21 next week, beat Switzerland's
Wendy Holdener by a hefty 2.36 second margin over the two runs
with home favorite Veronika Velez Zuzulova third.
Shiffrin has now won four slaloms this season, two of them since
she came back from a right knee injury sustained in December.
She now has 19 career World Cup victories to her credit.
Hansdotter finished 10th on Sunday but that was enough to secure
the crystal globe. She leads Zuzulova by 105 points with 100
still to be won at the World Cup finals in St Moritz,
Switzerland.
The title was the Swede's first in the discipline.
"Frida has been just as consistent as I have been, or even more
consistent in the past three, four years," said Shiffrin, who
missed five races due to her injury.
"She has walked away with however many second places, but you
have to be really consistent just to get on the podium. But she
deserves to win the globe."
(Writing by Alan Baldwin in London, editing by Toby Davis)
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