Mikaela Shiffrin wanted to perform Sunday for another huge crowd at Copper Mountain that turned out to cheer on the home state heroine in a World Cup slalom, but she wanted them to know they came through for her in a big way, too.

Feeling heavy legs from jet lag, travel fatigue and a demanding giant slalom at the highest elevation on the women’s World Cup the day before, Shiffrin posted the fastest times in both runs and claimed her 104th World Cup victory by 1.23 seconds. She has dominated all three slaloms this season.

“It was about as hard as I thought it was going to be — just a lot of fatigue in the legs,” said Shiffrin, who arrived here from Europe on Monday. “The crowd completely carried me down the hill. Even from the start, when I hear people cheering, sometimes I feel pressure

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