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Shiffrin Lets World Cup Slalom Lead Slip As Gisin Swoops To First Win 12/29/20 AT 8:11 PM American Mikaela Shiffrin failed to capitalise on her first-run lead in the World Cup slalom at Semmering on Tuesday, finishing third after a floodlit second run. Swiss rival Michelle Gisin grabbed a surprise victory with a combined time of 1min 42.05sec as Austrian Katharina Liensberger came second at 0.11sec and Shiffrin slipped to third, 0.57sec off the pace. Petra Vlhova finished fourth but retained the overall World Cup lead. Vlhova and Shiffrin had won the past 28 World Cup slalom races between the...

Shiffrin third in Semmering Mikaela Shiffrin of Edwards, right, celebrates with Michelle Gisin (Getty Images). Mikaela Shiffrin of Edwards was third in a night slalom in Semmering, Austria on Tuesday. Here’s the press release from the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team: It was a banner day to finish out 2020 with Mikaela Shiffrin taking third place in the FIS Alpine World Cup slalom in Semmering, Austria, and Nina O’Brien finishing in ninth—her first top-10 result in her career.  Under the lights, Michelle Gisin of Switzerland had a heroic second run to win her first-ever World...

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2020/12/30 19:42 United States' Breezy Johnson gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill, in Val d'Isere, France, Saturday, De... United States' Breezy Johnson gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill, in Val d'Isere, France, Saturday, Dec.19, 2020. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) United States' Mikaela Shiffrin gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Semmering, Austria, Tuesday, Dec.... United States' Mikaela Sh...

SEMMERING, Austria — Michelle Gisin earned her maiden World Cup win on Tuesday, becoming the first Swiss skier to win a women’s slalom in nearly 19 years. Gisin trailed Mikaela Shiffrin by two-hundredths of a second after the opening run but posted the second-fastest time in the final as the American dropped to third, 0.57 behind. Gisin’s win ended a streak of 28 slaloms that were won by either Shiffrin, who triumphed 19 times, or Petra Vlhova. That streak started in January 2017. “I broke the incredible run of two giants,” Gisin said. “It’s a perfect day.â...