The Czech national team member Martina Dubovská was eighteenth in the last slalom before the Beijing Olympics. Gabriela Capová finished 44th in the 1st round.
The defender of the overall triumph in the SP Vlhová series has won five of the seven slaloms of the season and is 660 points ahead of the discipline and 220 points ahead of Shiffrin. By the end of the winter, there are only two cup slaloms left, after the Olympics he will ride in the Aare and then in the final of the World Championships in Courchevel.
“At the finish, my brother told me: You won the globe. I didn’t even know it and I’m very happy,” said the Slovak skier. The little globe behind slalom is celebrating for the second time in her career, she first succeeded in 2020.
Slovak Petra Vlhová secured a small globe in the 2nd place in the World Championships in SchladmingPhoto: Marco Trovati, CTK / AP
Vlhová led after the first round and Shiffrin was only fifth. However, the American star drove the second round on the challenging track the fastest and defeated Slovakia by 15 hundredths. “It’s unbelievable to race against Mikael. We’re moving on. Congratulations,” Vlh said.
Shiffrin cried after her 74th victory in the World Cup in the finish. “I’m proud of myself for the second run. Sometimes you have to take risks and hope it works out. Being faster than Petra is always a great success. And I wanted to drive well especially here,” said Shiffrin, who became Schladming for the first time in 2013. slalom world champion.
Martina Dubovská on the trackPhoto: Marco Trovati, CTK / AP
Last week, Dubovská did not complete the first rounds of slalom in Zagreb and Kranjská Gora, she advanced as the last thirty in Schladming. After the second run, she sat down for a while in the chair for the leading racer. The outages of six rivals also helped her to move to eighteenth place.
The slalom skiers will meet again at the Olympic Games and will compete for the podium on 9 February.
| World Cup downhill skiing in Schladming (Austria): |
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| Women’s Slalom: |
| 1. Shiffrinová (USA) 1: 32.66 (45.70 + 46.96) |
| 2. Vlhová (SR) -0.15 (45.28+47.53) |
| 3. Dürrová (DEU) -0.93 (45.55 + 48.04) |
| 4. Mairova (AUT) -1.05 (46.52 + 47.19) and Rastova (Switzerland) -1.05 (46.03 + 47.68) |
| 6. Popovicova (HRV) -1.38 (46.42 + 47.62) |
| 7. Holtmannová (Nor.) -1,50 (46,30+47,86) |
| 8. St. Germainová -1,51 (46,99+47,18) |
| 9. Smart (both CAN) -1.68 (46.61 + 47.73) |
| 10. Tvibergová (Nor.) -1,72 (46,92+47,46) |
| … 18. Dubovská -2.42 (47.28 + 47.80) e |
| 36. Capová (both CR) 48.50. |
| Current slalom standings (after 7 out of 9 races): |
| 1. Vlhová 660 b. |
| 2. Shiffrin 440 |
| 3. Holdener (Switzerland) 321 |
| 4. Dürrová 312 |
| 5. Liensberger (AUT) 272 |
| 6. Buciková (Slovenia) 191 |
| … 15. Dubovská 108. |
| SP standings (after 20 of 37 races): |
| 1. Shiffrin 966 |
| 2. Vlhová 911 |
| 3. Goggiaová (It.) 657 |
| 4. Hector (SWE) 582 |
| 5. Holdenerová 408 |
| 6. Brignoneová (It.) 407 |
| … 39. Dubovská 108 |
| 67. Ledecka (CZE) 51 |
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