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SOLDEU, Andorra (AP) — Marta Bassino edged out Federica Brignone for an Italian one-two finish in a tight opening run of a women’s World Cup giant slalom Saturday. Mikaela Shiffrin sits out this weekend’s races to nurse a left knee injury and the American star could lose her lead in the overall World Cup standings to Lara Gut-Behrami. The Swiss skier won the previous GS and trails Shiffrin by 95 points. In Saturday's race, Bassino showed glimpses of her best as the Italian skier looked for her first podium result of the season. She won the World Cup title in the discipline in 2021 but has won just one World Cup race over the last three years.

Persons: — Marta Bassino, Bassino, Alice Robinson, Norway’s Thea Louise Stjernesund, Mikaela Shiffrin, Lara, Shiffrin, Petra Vlhova, Canada's Valerie Grenier, ” Organizations: Swiss, Cortina d’Ampezzo Locations: SOLDEU, Andorra, Italy, France

American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin will skip giant slalom and slalom races this weekend in Andorra to give her knee more time to mend. Shiffrin, who’s chasing her sixth overall World Cup title this season, was hurt in a crash nearly two weeks ago during a downhill event at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Although she avoided major damage to her left knee, she said she’s dealing with an MCL sprain along with a sprain of the tibiofibular ligament. She added that she continues to recover from a bone bruise she suffered at the start of the season. “I really want to do this right,” Shiffrin said Wednesday of her recovery.

Persons: who’s, She's, Shiffrin, Lara, “, ” Shiffrin, It’s, Sofia Goggia, who've, Petra Vlhova, Alexis Pinturault, Corinne Suter, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, she's, Lena Duerr Organizations: Cortina d’Ampezzo, Cortina, Sofia Locations: Andorra, Italy, Colorado, Switzerland, Milan, Norwegian, “

GENEVA (AP) — Skiers must be consulted about better World Cup race-day schedules to help protect them from injuries, downhill star Aleksander Aamodt Kilde said Thursday. The former overall World Cup champion and two-time Olympic medalist spoke out in his first call with international media since a shocking Jan. 13 crash on the storied Wengen downhill ended his season. “We as athletes need to speak up.”The 31-year-old Norwegian is among a slew of World Cup, Olympic and world champions to crash hard in a packed January program, including his partner Mikaela Shiffrin. The American standout women’s skier is chasing a women's record-equaling sixth overall World Cup title. Kilde explained he posted a vivid photograph of his leg injury on social media to help people understand the severity.

Persons: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, “, Kilde, Mikaela Shiffrin, ”, “ It’s, I’ll, ” Kilde, Alexis Pinturault, Marco Schwarz, Petra Vlhova, Shiffrin, “ That’s Organizations: GENEVA, Federation, Cortina d’Ampezzo Locations: Austria, Italy

JASNA, Slovakia (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin built a big lead in the opening run of a women’s World Cup slalom Sunday, a day after the American ski star’s main rival sustained a season-ending injury. In the first race without Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova, Shiffrin led second-placed Croatian prodigy Zrinka Ljutic by 0.52 seconds and the rest of the field had to make up more than 1.3 on the American in the final run. Vlhova crashed and tore ligaments in her right knee in Saturday’s giant slalom near her hometown in the Tatra mountains. Political Cartoons View All 253 Images“I have been thinking about (Vlhova) a lot the last 24 hours," Shiffrin said. So, I really miss watching her ski today and having that battle.”With Vlhova out of the race, Shiffrin is close to wrapping up her eighth World Cup season title in slalom, leading third-ranked Duerr by 168 points.

Persons: Petra Vlhova, Shiffrin, Zrinka, Vlhova, Lena Duerr, Duerr, Alexis Pinturault, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Organizations: ___ Locations: JASNA, Slovakia, Czech, Wengen, Switzerland

☆ Aleksander Aamodt Kilde recalls horror crash that resulted in emergency surgery
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Matias Grez | Coy Wire | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Aleksander Aamodt Kilde remembers seeing the net along the edge of the ski slope rushing towards him at 120 km/h (74.6 mph). Mikaela Shiffrin was waiting at the hospital when Kilde came out of surgery. The American, widely considered one of the greatest skiers of all time, then traveled to Austria where she earned an emotional victory – her 94th overall World Cup win, the most in men’s or women’s skiing history – in the FIS World Cup women’s slalom. “Really, really proud of this evening,” she said, per the Olympic channel. “She just shows up, the star she is, and for me how much love she brings and how much care she brings into something that’s really, really difficult,” he said.

Persons: CNN — Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, ” Kilde, CNN Sport’s Coy Wire, Mikaela Shiffrin, Kilde, Harald Steiner, ”, “, Petra Vlhova, they’ve, Shiffrin, Aleks, …, ’, ” Shiffrin, Giovanni Auletta, that’s, he’s Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport’s, FIS Locations: Norwegian, Wengen, Switzerland, Bern, Kilde, Austria, Innsbruck, men’s

☆ Shiffrin wins slalom for 90th World Cup victory
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Nov 26, 2023; Killington, Vermont, USA; Mikaela Shiffrin of the USA leads after the first slalom run of the Stifel Killington Cup FIS World Cup slalom at Killington Resort. Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports Acquire Licensing RightsNov 26 (Reuters) - American Mikaela Shiffrin secured a record-extending 90th World Cup win on Sunday with victory in the women's slalom at Killington in Vermont. Swiss Wendy Holdener finished third, 1.37 seconds behind home favourite Shiffrin, who has now won six of the seven World Cup slalom events held at Killington. "It's a pretty incredible hill and especially in slalom I feel like I have a good mentality," Shiffrin said after her 55th World Cup slalom victory. The win for Shiffrin, who finished third in Saturday's giant slalom, also gave the American her 141st World Cup podium, which trails only the 155 earned by Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark during the 1970s and 80s.

Persons: Mikaela, Erich Schlegel, Shiffrin, Petra Vlhova, Swiss Wendy Holdener, I've, Levi, Germany's Lena Duerr, Vlhova, Frank Pingue, Hugh Lawson Organizations: USA, Olympic, Shiffrin, American, 141st, Thomson Locations: Killington , Vermont, USA, Killington, Vermont, Slovakia, Swiss, Germany's, Toronto

LEVI, Finland (AP) — Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova built a big lead in the first run of a women’s World Cup slalom Sunday, a day after winning a race on the same hill by a huge margin. Vlhova led second-placed Mikaela Shiffrin by 0.76 seconds as the pair looked set to continue their dominance in the event. No other skier has won the traditional season-opening slalom in Finnish Lapland since 2016. “I felt good, I did perfect in the steep part compared to yesterday first run,” said Vlhova, who is the Olympic champion and has 20 World Cup wins in slalom. Only once in her career has she failed to get a podium result in any of her first three World Cup races – in 2011-12, her debut season on the circuit.

Persons: LEVI, Petra Vlhova, Vlhova, “, ”, Sara Hector of Sweden, Lena Duerr, Shiffrin, Levi, ___ Organizations: — Slovakian, Olympic Locations: Finland, Lapland, Austria

☆ Swiss Gut-Behrami clinches narrow win in giant slalom World Cup opener
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Women's Giant Slalom - Soelden, Austria - October 28, 2023 Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami celebrates on the podium with teammates after winning the women's giant slalom REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger Acquire Licensing RightsSOELDEN, Austria, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami narrowly won the women's giant slalom, edging out Italy's Federica Brignone, while the favourite, U.S. Mikaela Shiffrin, finished sixth at the opening event of the 2022-23 World Cup season in Soelden on Saturday. Gut-Behrami had a mediocre first run, finishing in fourth place, but she beat the entire field in her second run, when she was 0.75 faster than Brignone. And I paid for that a little bit in the first run," Gut-Behrami said. "The second run, I felt again that everything was normal and I could do what I wanted." "A little messy in some spots, but I liked my mentality going into the second run better," Shiffrin said.

Persons: Lara, Leonhard Foeger, Behrami, Italy's, Mikaela Shiffrin, Petra Vlhova, Shiffrin, Tommy Lund, Aadi Nair, Hugh Lawson Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Austria, Soelden, Austrian, Slovakia, Gdansk, Bengaluru

☆ Shiffrin ends season on a high with another record in giant slalom win
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Women's Giant Slalom - Soldeu, Andorra - March 19, 2023 Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S celebrates with the globe trophy after winning the women's Slalom REUTERS/Albert GeaMarch 19 (Reuters) - Mikaela Shiffrin extended her record to 88 World Cup victories after dominating the season-ending giant slalom in Soldeu on Sunday to win her 14th event of the season. Victory also gave the American her 138th podium to break the women's record she shared with compatriot Lindsey Vonn after finishing third in Saturday's slalom. Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark holds the men's record for most podiums with 155. Shiffrin, who broke Stenmark's record of 87 wins earlier this month, had already won the slalom and giant slalom titles along with the overall crystal globe. Pre-race favourites, including last year's Olympic champion Sara Hector of Sweden, Italy's Federica Brignone and Saturday's slalom winner Petra Vlhova, did not finish their first run after crashing through gates.

☆ Shiffrin claims 78th World Cup win, closes on record
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 27 (Reuters) - American Mikaela Shiffrin claimed her 78th World Cup victory in the giant slalom in Semmering, Austria on Tuesday, taking her to within four wins of compatriot Lindsey Vonn's women's record of 82. Shiffrin clocked a combined time of two minutes 7.18 seconds to beat Slovakia's Petra Vlhova by 0.13 and Italian Marta Bassino by 0.31. "You hope that you're in the right shape, and you can bring the right intensity from the start, and I felt really good today. Shiffrin's last win in the discipline came just over a year ago, in Courchevel, France in the build-up to the Beijing Olympics. The 27-year-old has racked up four wins this season and leads the overall World Cup standings by 205 points from Italy's Sofia Goggia.

☆ Shiffrin claims second World Cup slalom win of weekend
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] Alpine Skiing - FIS Ski World Cup - Slalom - Levi, Finland - November 20, 2022 Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. celebrates after winning the women's slalom competition Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via REUTERSNov 20 (Reuters) - American Mikaela Shiffrin won her second slalom of the weekend on Sunday to secure the 76th World Cup victory of her career. The 27-year-old triumphed again in Levi, Finland ahead of Switzerland's Wendy Holdener (+0.28), with Slovakia's Petra Vlhova (+0.68) in third. World Cup overall champion Shiffrin is now five wins behind Lindsey Vonn, who tops the women's list of most World Cup race victories, and 10 behind Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden for the overall record. "I really didn’t expect today, even after the first run, everyone who is racing is so strong right now," Shiffrin told reporters. Reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk, editing by Ed OsmondOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Shiffrin starts the season with her 75th World Cup win
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Alpine Skiing - FIS Ski World Cup - Slalom - Levi, Finland - November 19, 2022 Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. celebrates vicory alongside second placed Sweden's Anna Swenn Larsson and third placed Slovakia's Petra Vlhova Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via REUTERSNov 19 (Reuters) - Mikaela Shiffrin won the first race of the Alpine ski season in Levi, Finland, to secure the 75th World Cup victory of her career on Saturday. World Cup champion Shiffrin won the slalom in front of Sweden's Anna Swenn Larsson (+0.16), with Petra Vlhova (+0.20) from Slovakia taking third place. "It’s the first race of the season and I’m feeling good with my skiing, my skis felt amazing," the 27-year-old American said. "It was a nice feeling on the first run, I felt pretty good, but I was holding back a little bit. "On the second run I made adjustments and it felt like a really good pace and tempo.

☆ Mikaela Shiffrin clinches her 75th World Cup win, breaking a Lindsey Vonn record
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Mikaela Shiffrin claimed her 75th World Cup win in Levi, Finland on Saturday, sealed with an electrifying second run, as she broke Lindsey Vonn’s record for the most podiums in a single discipline by a female skier. She is now just seven World Cup wins shy of her fellow American’s record 82 wins for a female skier and 11 behind the all-time leader, Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark. “On the second run I made adjustments and it felt like a really good pace and tempo. Alessandro Trovati/AP“Today was a really good day. And, as well as the gold medal, Shiffrin will return home from Levi with her fifth Lapland reindeer, the traditional prize at Levi.

☆ Alexis Pinturault a cucerit Marele Glob de Cristal al Campionatului Mondial de schi alpin, chiar de ziua sa
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-20 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Alexis Pinturault și-a făcut un cadou fabulos la cea de-a 30-a aniversare. Schiorul francezul a cucerit Marele Glob de Cristal al Campionatului Mondial de schi alpin. Pinturault și-a asigurat titlul după ce a triumfat în ultima etapă a probei de slalom uriaș din acest sezon, care a avut loc în stațiunea montană Lenzerheide din Elveția. Este primul Mare Glob de Cristal cucerit de schiorul francez, care concurează la Cupa Mondială din 2009. Schioarea din Austria, Katharina Liensberger a câștigat etapa de slalom și a obținut, astfel, Micul Glob de Cristal al probei respective.

Persons: Alexis Pinturault, Marco Odermatt, Marco Schwarz, Petra Vlhova, Katharina Liensberger Organizations: Cristal, Cupa Locations: Lenzerheide, Elveția, Austria

☆ Mauro Caviezel a triumfat în concursul de slalom super-uriaș
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-12 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Elveţianul Mauro Caviezel a triumfat în concursul de slalom super-uriaş, prima probă de viteză din noul sezon al Cupei Mondiale de schi alpin.Competiția a avut loc în localitatea franceză Val d'Isere. Sportivul, în vârstă de 32 de ani, a fost cronometrat cu un minut, o secundă și 34 miimi de secundă.Pe locul doi s-a clasat norvegianul Adrian Smiseth Sejersted, iar podiumul a fost completat de austriacul Chrisian Walder.Într-o altă localitate franceză, Courchevel, s-a desfășurat concursul feminin în proba de slalom uriaș.Victoria i-a revenit italiencei Marta Bassino. La capătul celor două manșe ea a înregistrat timpul de 2 minute, 19 secunde și 3 sutimi de secundă.Podiumul a fost completat de suedeza Sara Hector și cehoaica Petra Vlhova, campioana mondială în 2019.

Persons: Elveţianul Mauro Caviezel, Smiseth, Chrisian, Marta Bassino, Sara Hector, Petra Vlhova Organizations: Cupei Mondiale Locations: Val, franceză

☆ Vlhova, de neoprit în noul sezon. Sportiva a obținut a patra victorie consecutivă la Cupa Mondială de schi alpin
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-22 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Ea a obținut a patra victorie consecutivă la Cupa Mondială de schi alpin după ce s-a impus din nou în proba de slalom din cadrul concursului ce s-a disputat din stațiunea finlandeză Levi. Vlhova a fost cronometrată cu 1 minut, 49 de secunde și 5 sutimi, fiind mai rapidă cu 31 de sutimi decât elvețianca Michelle Gisin. Mikaela Shiffrin, cea mai bună schioare din lume, triplă câştigătoare a Marelui Glob de cristal, s-a clasat doar pe locul 5 în această competiție. O zi mai devreme, ea s-a clasat pe locul doi în aceeași probă a Cupei Mondiale. Vlhova este lider în clasamentul general al sezonului, fiind urmat de Michelle Gisin și Mikaela Shiffrin.

Persons: Petra Vlhova, Ea, Levi . Vlhova, Michelle Gisin, Katharina Liensberger, Mikaela Organizations: Cupa Mondială, Cupei Mondiale Locations: Schioarea, Slovacia, Austria, Suedia

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