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Italian skier Bassino takes first-run lead in GS, Shiffrin fourth Marta Bassino stamped her authority on the giant slalom discipline on Saturday, winning her third World Cup race this season. The Canadian Press Marta Bassino , The Canadian Press KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia — Marta Bassino stamped her authority on the giant slalom discipline on Saturday, winning her third World Cup race this season. Coping best with tough course conditions, the Italian h...

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Inspired Shiffrin shifts gears to end slalom drought China Daily | Updated: 2021-01-14 09:12 Share CLOSE Mikaela Shiffrin is all smiles after winning the womens World Cup slalom event in Flachau, Austria, on Tuesday. AP FLACHAU, Austria－Not known for exuberant victory celebrations, Mikaela Shiffrin let out a loud scream this time after crossing the finish line. Shiffrins victory in a night slalom Tuesday was unlike most of her previous 67 World Cu...

FLACHAU, Austria — Mikaela Shiffrin won a night slalom Tuesday to end a year-long victory drought in her strongest discipline and earn her 100th World Cup podium. Shiffrin, who last triumphed in a slalom in December 2019, held on to her opening-run lead and beat Katharina Liensberger by 0.19 seconds following a near-flawless final run, denying the Austrian her first career win. Liensberger is the only skier to finish in the top three of all five slaloms so far this season. “So much en...

FLACHAU, Austria (AP) — Not known for exuberant victory celebrations, Mikaela Shiffrin let out a loud scream this time after crossing the finish line. Shiffrin's victory in a night slalom...

Petra Vlhová, who leads the overall International Ski Federation Alpine Ski World Cup standings this season, could further extend her lead in her favoured slalom event tomorrow in Flachau in Austria.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Shortly after winning the first women's World Cup slalom of 2021 on Sunday, Petra Vlhova kneeled with her face down, torn between relief and disbelief.The Slovakian skier's win came five days after her four-year-long joint winning streak with Mikaela Shiffrin ended.In tough conditions due to fog and rain, the overall leader from Slovakia beat Katharina Liensberger of Austria by five-hundredths of a second.Shiffrin was 0.27 behind in fourth, forced to wait for h...

Petra Vlhova wins World Cup slalom event in Croatia; American Mikaela Shiffrin 4th ZAGREB, Croatia -- Shortly after winning the first womens World Cup slalom of 2021 on Sunday, Petra Vlhova kneeled with her face down, torn between relief and disbelief. The Slovakian skiers win came five days after her four-year-long joint winning streak with Mikaela Shiffrin ended. In tough conditions due to fog and rain, the overall leader from Slovakia beat Katharina Liensberger of Austria by five-hundredths ...

Read Article For the first time since Lindsey Vonn’s retirement, the U.S. women’s ski team is no longer solely dependent on Mikaela Shiffrin for World Cup success. Shiffrin was responsible for all 34 American podium results on the women’s circuit in the past two seasons, but three months into the current campaign, two team members have scooped top-three results as well. Paula Moltzan finished runner-up in a parallel event in Austria in November, and Breezy Johnson added back-to-back thir...

Michelle Gisin on Tuesday became the first Swiss woman in nearly 19 years to win a World Cup Alpine skiing slalom when she finished first under the floodlights in Semmering, Austria.