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U.S. teenager Mikaela Shiffrin was overcome with emotion after winning her first ever World Cup race at the age of 17.Mikaela Shiffrin won her first ever World Cup race after finishing first in SwedenTeenager becomes second youngest American to win a World Cup event Home favorite Frida Hansdotter came second with Tina Maze of Slovenia in third(CNN) -- U.S. star Mikaela Shiffrin produced a stunning slalom run to claim her first ever World Cup race victory at Are, Sweden on Thursday.
The 17-year-old clocked the fastest aggregate time over two legs to see off home favorite Frida Hansdotter and championship leader Tina Maze of Slovenia.The teenager, racing in the absence of leading American Lindsey Vonn, finished with a combined time of one minute 45.36 seconds to stun her opponents.Shiffrin, who came home 00.29 seconds ahead of Hansdotter, had trailed after the first leg before roaring back to claim top spot.if (typeof cnnArticleGallery == "undefined") {var cnnArticleGallery = {};}if(typeof cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList =="undefined"){cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList = [];}var expGallery51=new ArticleExpandableGallery();expGallery51.setImageCount(7);//cnn_adbptrackpgalimg("Golden hero", 1);
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