Vlhova beats Shiffrin in 1st slalom of World Cup season – KLBK | KAMC

Posted: Nov 20, 2021 / 08:07 AM CST
/ Up to date: Nov 20, 2021 / 08:07 AM CST

LEVI, FINLAND (AP) — Petra Vlhova held on to her first-run result in beat Mikaela Shiffrin and win the primary World Cup slalom of the season Saturday.

The Slovakian general champion initially misplaced just a few hundredths from her slim lead of .11 however accelerated close to the tip of her last run to win by .31 because the pair continued their dominance within the annual occasion in Finnish Lapland.

No skier aside from Vlhova or Shiffrin has gained the standard season-opening slalom since then-overall champion Tina Maze triumphed in 2014. Shiffrin and Vlhova have now every win it 4 occasions.

“Right here on this type of slope I wish to ski, it’s one thing particular to me,” stated Vlhova, who gained two slaloms in a single weekend right here final yr.

Having handled a again difficulty that hampered her coaching over the previous few weeks, Shiffrin was made to attend in her bid to match the 32-year-old file for many World Cup victories in a single self-discipline. Presently on 45 slalom wins, the American is one in need of Swedish nice Ingemar Stenmark’s finest mark in large slalom.

Lena Dürr completed .84 behind in third for the German skier’s second profession podium consequence, almost 9 years after profitable a metropolis occasion in Moscow.

Andreja Slokar of Slovenia, who gained the parallel occasion final week, was 1.12 behind in fourth, adopted by Anna Swenn Larsson, who was one-hundredth of a second additional again in fifth. The Swede returned from a knee damage to compete in her first World Cup race in 21 months.

Austria’s Katharina Liensberger was 1.28 behind in sixth. Liensberger edged Shiffrin and Vlhova to win the World Cup slalom title final season, just a few weeks after additionally profitable the world title within the self-discipline.

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