Mikaela Shiffrin fifth in final race before 2022 Winter Olympics

4:30 a.m. ET – First skier down

Slalom chief and No. 2 within the general World Cup standings, Petra Vlhova, is within the leadoff spot. She units off down the mile-long “Erta” course and we’re underway.

4:32 a.m. ET – Vlhova units the bar

Petra Vlhova skies her first run in 59.98. That is the mark to beat as Italian Marta Bassino begins her run. Mikaela Shiffrin is quickly to return sporting bib #4.

4:35 a.m. ET – Shiffrin on deck

Vlhova’s mark stays tops by three skiers as Mikaela Shiffrin settles into the gate.

4:38 a.m. ET – Shiffrin 0.59 off the tempo

Mikaela Shiffrin’s first run is a 1:00.57, which places her in second place by greater than a half second by 4 races.

4:40 a.m. ET – Sara Hector strikes into second

Big slalom World Cup chief Sara Hector of Sweden completed her run in 1:00.32, adequate for second place between Vlhova and Shiffrin. Hector skied beneath Vlhova’s tempo for the primary two sectors on the course, then misplaced time close to the halfway level to complete .34 off the tempo.

4:50 a.m. ET – Standings after 10

The primary 10 skiers have taken their first runs in Kronplatz, and to this point solely Petra Vlhova has cracked the minute mark. 

1. Petra Vlhova: 59.58
2. Sara Hector: +.34
3. Mikaela Shiffrin: +.59
4. Marta Bassino: +.61
5. Maryna Gasienica-Daniel: +.65
6. Federica Brignone: +.70
7. Tessa Worley: +.82
8. Alice Robinson: +1.10
9. Michelle Gisin: +1.50
10. Katharina Liensberger: +1.89

5:03 a.m. ET – USA’s Nina O’Brien into seventeenth

Nina O’Brien was unable to ski a clear first run as errors value her important time. She finishes 2.03 off the lead and into seventeenth place.

Run 2 session begins at 7 a.m. ET

8:15 a.m. ET – O’Brien, Moltzan assured top-20s

Tessa Worley leads with the highest 5 skiers nonetheless to return. Each Nina O’Brien and Paula Moltzan of Group USA presently sit contained in the top-15, that means each are assured of top-20 finishes.

8:19 a.m. ET – Shiffrin begins remaining run

American was third after the Run 1.

8:21 a.m. ET – 2nd run not sufficient for Shiffrin

It will not be a fifteenth profession big slalom win for Mikaela Shiffrin. She finishes her second run in 1:03.31, and is in third place with two skiers to acquired. France’s Tessa Worley nonetheless within the chief’s chair.

8:25 a.m. ET – Sara Hector scores third GS win of season

The Swede will get it finished once more with a second run of 1:03.31, sufficient to beat the slight Run 1 lead of Petra Vlhova, who finishes second. Hector extends her lead within the big slalom World Cup standings and affirms herself because the Olympic gold medal favourite within the GS.