Killington GS canceled due to wind with Shiffrin last

Posted: Nov 27, 2021 / 10:46 AM CST
/ Up to date: Nov 27, 2021 / 10:46 AM CST

KILLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A girls’s World Cup large slalom was canceled on Saturday, with the poor climate maybe sparing Mikaela Shiffrin’s blushes.

The race in Killington, Vermont, marked the return of World Cup snowboarding to North America for the primary time in two years.

Nonetheless, after simply 9 opponents accomplished their first runs, the race was suspended amid robust winds and snow. And half an hour later the jury and organizers determined to cancel it.

Shiffrin, who was cheered on by a passionate dwelling crowd, was the slowest of the skiers who managed to race — the two-time Olympic champion was 1.38 seconds behind France’s Tessa Worley, who had the quickest run.

There’s a slalom scheduled for Sunday. Shiffrin has gained all 4 earlier World Cup slaloms in Killington, which may virtually be thought-about a hometown race as she honed her abilities close by on the Burke Mountain Academy as a youngster.

Shiffrin can match yet one more document as she has gained 45 World Cup slaloms, leaving her one wanting the document for many wins in a single self-discipline, set by Swedish nice Ingemar Stenmark with 46 large slalom victories within the Nineteen Seventies and ’80s.

Shiffrin gained the season-opening large slalom in Sölden, Austria, however completed second to Petra Vlhova — her greatest rival — in each slalom races in Levi, Finland, final week.

Shiffrin and Vlhova share the lead within the total World Cup standings on 260 factors.

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