The 27-year-old from Vail, Colorado, who won Olympic golds at Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018, and last season secured a fourth overall women’s Alpine World Cup title, led from start to finish to win the giant slalom by a large margin.

Shiffrin said she developed a face rash because she was so nervous, but she was fastest in both runs and prevailed by 0.77 of a second over Italy’s Federica Brignone.

She pumped her arms and yelled after finishing, then sat with her arms folded around her knees.

Her first opportunity to better Vonn’s mark is due to come on Tuesday (January 10) in a night slalom scheduled for Flachau in Austria.

After her eighth win of the season, Shiffrin is moving swiftly towards the all-time record of 86 Alpine World Cup wins set by Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark between 1973 and 1989.

Shiffrin, who had only managed joint sixth in yesterday’s giant slalom at the Slovenian resort, led from start to finish today, celebrating with a scream before bending over and resting her hands on her poles before kissing her skis in the awards ceremony.

"I was so nervous this run," Shiffrin said.

"I have a rash on my face I was so nervous.

"I don’t know why, maybe a little bit was because of 82.

"I just really wanted to ski well, and I did.

"It was a fight.

"But it was pretty amazing conditions and I got a report from the coaches and they were like, ‘It’s really attackable, so just go for it.’

"I’ve been in this position before and I’ve given it away and today I wanted to fight for it."

Vonn retired four years ago when injuries ended her pursuit of Stenmark’s record.

Shiffrin and Vonn now both have 20 more wins than the next woman on the all-time list, Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, on 62.

After moving to 81 wins earlier in the week Shiffrin was twice frustrated, firstly by the weather which cut short competition in Zagreb on Thursday (January 5) and then by a mistake on yesterday’s second run.

Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland was third, 0.2 seconds behind Brignone.

In the men’s race, Norway’s Lucas Braathen earned his fifth World Cup career victory to move top of the slalom points standing.

His key rival and compatriot Henrik Kristoffersen lost ground after finishing 37^th on the first run following a major error.

Braathen, 22, who had failed to finish the day before, mastered treacherous conditions to maintain momentum in what is proving to be his most effective World Cup season so far.

He is the youngest winner of a slalom at Adelboden since Kristoffersen broke the record in 2017.

Braaten beat his best friend and team-mate Atle Lie McGrath into second place, with the latter finishing at 0.71 seconds, while third place went to Germany’s Linus Strasser at 0.92sec.

"It was a tough day yesterday, so to be able to bounce back with a victory in a legendary Adelboden, words can’t describe how proud I am," Braathen said.

"It is surreal, the atmosphere they put on here.

"This is what I dream of.

"That moment I got to share in front of 30,000 crazy amazing Swiss fans, it is a moment I’ll never forget."