Lindsey Vonn's women's World Cup skiing record was equaled by Mikaela Shiffrin.
Shiffrin has a chance to break Vonn's record in a night slalom in Austria on Tuesday.
I was so nervous I didn't know what to do. Shiffrin has a rash on her face. I don't know why, maybe it was because of 81. I wanted to ski well and I did.
Shiffrin kissed her skis in the awards ceremony after she screamed and rested her hands on her poles.
There was a fight. She said that the coaches told her to go for it because it was attackable. I've been in this position before and I wanted to fight for it.
Shiffrin is on track to surpass the overall record of 86 victories by the end of the year.
Vonn retired after her pursuit of the record was stopped.
The next woman on the all-time list, Anne Marie Moser- Proll of Austria, has 62 victories.
Shiffrin has done it in just 233 races, less than Vonn. At 27 years old, Shiffrin could win many more races.
Shiffrin failed to win a medal in six events at the Beijing Olympics.
Winning this race didn't seem to be in doubt.
On an overcast morning, Shiffrin was the first starter and laid down a more aggressive opening run than either of her two trips down the Podkoren course on Saturday.
Shiffrin said she couldn't ski faster. I felt better this morning than I did yesterday. I tried to change my feelings. I was very happy with the skiing.
Shiffrin was the last skier to start the second run and increased her advantage at every checkpoint to finish a whopping 0.77 seconds ahead of Italy's Federica Brignone.
There were few American fans at the race near the Italian border. A few kids waved American flags and family members of another American skier wore USA hockey jerseys.
With her 17th giant slalom win, Shiffrin moved into second place on the women's career list behind Vreni Schneider of Switzerland.
Alice Robinson was the victim of an ugly fall during her second run, but she quickly got up and skied to the bottom.
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