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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

☆ 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.

☆ Unstoppable Shiffrin extends her record to 84 wins
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Shiffrin, 27, is now only two wins short of the absolute record of 86 wins racked up by Swedish men's slalom great Ingemar Stenmark in the 1970s and 1980s. The victory took Shiffrin's career World Cup giant slalom tally to 19 wins, one short of retired Swiss great Vreni Schneider's women's record of 20 in the discipline. A fifth large crystal globe for the overall World Cup winner also looks inevitable, with Shiffrin now on 1,517 points to Swiss rival Lara Gut-Behrami's 906. She had explained after Wednesday's first leg that breaking the record had made it hard to switch off. "This season I was thinking if I could get four wins, five wins, maybe six, then that's the most I could possibly get.

☆ 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

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