Also, two-time overall champion Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway retired at the same meet, at which he won a silver medal in downhill.
[1] Marcel Hirscher of Austria won his eighth straight men's overall championship, an all-time record, and moved in third place in overall wins (68) behind only Ingemar Stenmark (86) and Vonn (82).
Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States won her third straight women's overall championship and moved into 5th place on the overall win list (60).
[1] In December, Mikaela Shiffrin became the eighth athlete (four men, four women) to win at least 50 World Cup races across all disciplines, as well as the youngest (at age 23) to do so.
[45] Shiffrin also won four crystal globes for the season, tying the women's record held by Vonn and Tina Maze.