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SESTRIERE, Italy -- Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin remains unbeatable in slalom.The American won the 11th consecutive World Cup race that she has entered in the discipline Sunday, adding to a slim first-run lead with a dominating performance in her second trip down the icy Giovanni Agnelli course.Shiffrin finished with a 1.09-second advantage over Veronika Velez-Zuzulova of Slovakia, with Wendy Holdener of Switzerland placing third, 1.21 back.I pushed, and it felt really good, Shiffrin said. The first run I felt tight, and the second run I tried to let it fly and thats such a good feeling.Shiffrin missed two months last season after tearing a ligament in her right knee during a training fall in Sweden. She has won six straight slaloms since her return.The 21-year-old Shiffrin increased her lead over defending champion Lara Gut in the overall standings to 105 points.Gut, who rarely races slalom, finished 28th.It was the 23rd win of Shiffrins World Cup career, with 21 coming in slalom and one in giant slalom.As she seeks her first overall title, Shiffrin is branching out into the speed disciplines of downhill and super-G this season. The multi-event approach has meant she has had less time to dedicate to slalom, which showed with an uncharacteristic mistake in her first run Sunday.On the upper section of the course, Shiffrin lost control briefly and had to spread her skis apart to regain her balance.In her second trip down, Shiffrin was cautious on the top but then gained huge chunks of time on her challengers the rest of the way down -- as she normally does.Upon completing her race, Shiffrin let out an adrenaline-filled fist pump.I tried to have some fun in the second run, Shiffrin said. Im trying to entertain myself.Shiffrin also led the first run of Saturdays giant slalom but finished sixth.The womens World Cup circuit had not stopped in Sestriere, which hosted Alpine skiing races during the 2006 Turin Olympics, since 2008.The women travel to Val dIsere, France, for Alpine combined, downhill and super-G races next weekend. Cheap Wild Jerseys . 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We just need to keep fighting and never give up, like weve been doing.Seattle will send right-hander Taijuan Walker to the mound for Mondays opener, and its hard to know what to expect whenever the 24-year-old former top prospect is on the mound. Walker struggled with inconsistency and a foot injury to the point that he was demoted to Triple-A in August, and he endured one of the worst starts of his career in a 10-3 loss to the Angels on Sept. 3. But hes bounced back to put together two solid outings, includding a complete-game shutout his last time out.ddddddddddddThe Mariners credit Walkers latest turnaround -- albeit for only two starts -- to a dramatic change in his delivery. 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We play those teams that are right there with us, too, with our remaining schedule. We like where were at, obviously we know we can play better and hopefully that comes out real soon. ' ' '