Having already won the day before, American Mikaela Shiffrin won the second slalom in Levi, Finland on Sunday, her 76th victory on the opening weekend of the Women’s Alpine Skiing World Cup. Shiffrin, the owner of the big crystal globe, was 28 hundredths ahead of Switzerland’s Wendy Holden, and 68 hundredths ahead of Slovakian Olympic champion Petra Vlhova.
“I did not expect such a result after the first race today“, the champion explained at the microphone of the International Ski Federation (FIS), when the best time on the first route was only a few hundredths ahead of several of her rivals. Winner of the overall classification of the World Cup for the fourth time in the spring, but disappointed by the failed Olympic Games in Beijing in February (3 exits, no medal), Mikaela Shiffrin managed to start the season perfectly with two victories. two days
The opening women’s giant in Solden, Austria, was canceled at the end of October due to precipitation, before three consecutive race weekends (2 in Zermatt/Cervinia, 1 in Lech) were canceled due to lack of snow. Behind Shiffrin, Holdener climbed to his thirtieth World Cup podium in the slalom, but still has no wins, a sorry record in part due to the American’s bulimia for success. At just 27 years old, Shiffrin signed his 76th World Cup success on Sunday and is closing in on the all-time record held by Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark (86) and compatriot Lindsey Vonn (82).
Source: Le Figaro
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