Mikaela Shiffrin wins World Cup parallel slalom event

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin won her third straight World Cup event Sunday, beating Petra Vlhova in the head-to-head final of parallel slalom.
Shiffrin trailed midway down the course after clipping a gate, but led her Slovakian opponent through the final three gates to win by 0.11 seconds.
The American star has three wins in eight days after super-G victories Saturday at St. Moritz and last Sunday at Lake Louise, Canada.
Shiffrin now has more than double the World Cup po