( CNN ) Mikaela Shiffrin is on course to make skiing history after claiming her third consecutive slalom victory on the World Cup circuit on Saturday . The young American is hoping to become the first woman to win both the discipline 's world title and overall crown in successive seasons . Shiffrin , who retained her slalom title at February 's world championships in Colorado , now has a 90-point lead going into next week 's World Cup finale in France . `` I think the first couple races of the season I was pretty arrogant and was like , ' I 'm just going to win these , I guess . ' And I did n't . I was n't even close , '' said Shiffrin , who has won the slalom Crystal Globe two years running . `` When you 're racing at a high level -- or doing any sport at a high level -- everybody 's going for the win . I learned that I ca n't take my foot off the gas and expect to win . These last races , I was pushing everything . Any race that I won this season , I was giving my entire heart into it . I 'm proud of that . '' A day after her 20th birthday , Shiffrin won by a comfortable 1.41 seconds at Are in Sweden as she claimed the 14th World Cup win of her career , with Slovakia 's Veronika Velez Zuzulova second and Czech Republic 's Sarka Strachova third . Slalom title rival Frida Hansdotter finished sixth in front of her home fans . Tina Maze missed a chance to close the gap on overall World Cup leader Anna Fenninger , who did not race , as the Slovenian finished back in 16th . Defending champion Fenninger has a 30-point lead following the Austrian 's victory in Friday 's giant slalom in Are , where Shiffrin was fourth and Maze 20th . Fenninger has an 86-point lead in the giant slalom standings from fellow Austrian Eva-Maria Brem -- who was third on Friday -- while Shiffrin is another 35 points back . Meanwhile , Marcel Hirscher clinched the men 's giant slalom title ahead of the finals in Meribel as the Austrian finished second in Saturday 's penultimate race in Slovenia . The 26-year-old now has a 128-point advantage as he seeks to win his fourth successive overall title as closest rival Kjetil Jansrud finished 23rd in Kranjska Gora . France 's Alexis Pinturault won on Saturday to be second in the giant slalom standings ahead of American Ted Ligety and third in the overall competition . Olympic champion Ligety has won the last two giant slalom Crystal Globes but has dropped off the pace after a disappointing second half of the season . On Saturday , he was fourth behind France 's Thomas Fanara . `` This is the first time since the change in the ski rules ( after the 2011-12 season ) that I 've caught the globe in GS , '' Hirscher said . `` For me , it was two years with a lot of thinking and disappointment against Ted . `` I was 2.7 seconds behind Ted in the first race with the longer skis . We realized that we are so far away from Ted and that was the beginning of a long way and a lot of work , a lot of test and some different setup things . Many people worked really hard for this success . '' Like us on Facebook .
U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin wins World Cup slalom race in Are , Sweden on Saturday . PHOTOGRAPH BY: