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Mikaela Shiffrin dominated another women’s World Cup slalom Sunday as the American ski star made it two convincing wins from two races in the discipline to start the Olympic season.
Racing in sunny but cold conditions in Gurgl, Austria, Shiffrin posted the fastest time in both runs to finish in one minute 48.11 seconds, 1.23 ahead of second-placed Lara Colturi, an Italian prodigy competing for Albania.
The pair also went 1-2 in the first slalom of the season a week ago in Finland, where Shiffrin also led both runs and won by 1.66.
Slalom world champion Camille Rast of Switzerland had a two-run time of 1:49.52, trailing by 1.41 in third, as the podium resembled the one from last year’s race in Gurgl.
“I had to push so hard, but it was really nice with the sun on the second run,” said Shiffrin, who led Colturi by 0.31 after the opening run.
“It was pretty much how I expected it, not easy, but I knew the others were pushing, so I had no choice. You have to go,” the American said.
Mikaela Shiffrin of the US won Sunday’s World Cup slalom race with a winning time of 1.48:11 in Gurgl, Austria.
Shiffrin and Colturi now rank 1-2 in both the slalom and overall standings after three events. Shiffrin’s teammate Paula Moltzan stood third after she finished Sunday’s race in fifth place.
The victory was Shiffrin’s 66th World Cup win in slalom and 103rd overall, both records.
Laurence St-Germain was top Canadian, placing 11th of 26 finishers in 1:51.35. The native of St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que., was 24th after the first run (57.13) but was third fastest in the second (54.22) behind Shiffrin (53.89) and Austria’s Katharina Truppe (54.05).
Laurence St-Germain of Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Que., finished in eleventh place Saturday in the World Cup slalom race at Gurgl, Austria.
Amelia Smart of Invermere, B.C., didn’t crack the top 30 to advance from the opening run, finishing 36th (58.38). Toronto’s Ali Nullmeyer and Kiki Alexander of Cochrane, Alta., were among 22 who didn’t finish the first run.
The World Cup continues with a giant slalom and another slalom in Copper Mountain, Colo., next weekend.
Watch the second run of the women’s slalom run of the FIS Alpine World Cup from Gurgl, Austria.
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