Mikaela Shiffrin destroyed the opposition in Sweden as she returned from six weeks on the sidelines with injury to clinch a record equalling eighth career slalom World Cup title in style on Sunday. American Shiffrin had the fastest time in both runs in Are to beat Croatia’s Zrinka Ljutic by a massive 1.24 seconds for a 96th career success. Switzerland’s Michelle Gisin was third, another tenth back. Shiffrin posted her eighth season win overall and the sixth in the slalom to clinch the discipline title with one race to spare. With second placed Slovak Petra Vlhova out for the season with injury…