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Swedish skier Hector leads Shiffrin in eventful GS in Slovakia. Vlhova crashes in her home race
JASNA, Slovakia (AP) — In a race overshadowed by a nasty crash from home crowd favorite Petra Vlhova, Olympic champion Sara Hector dominated an eventful women’s World Cup giant slalom Saturday for her...
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Olympic champ Sara Hector beats Mikaela Shiffrin in eventful GS
In a race overshadowed by a nasty crash from home crowd favorite Petra Vlhova, Olympic champion Sara Hector dominated an eventful women's World Cup giant slalom Saturday for her first win in nearly two years.
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Olympic champion Hector beats Shiffrin in eventful GS in Slovakia. Vlhova out for season with injury
Olympic champion Sara Hector dominated both runs and beat Mikaela Shiffrin in an eventful women’s World Cup giant slalom. New Zealand’s Alice Robinson trailed by 2.71 seconds third. The race was overshadowed by a season-ending knee injury for home crowd favorite Petra Vlhova following a nasty crash. Vlhova fell and slid into the safety netting early in her first run and was taken off the hill on a sled. The slippery ice surface in combination with an unusually turning set of the gates caused problems for many racers in the first run.
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Shiffrin rival Vlhova out for season with knee injury after crash in home World Cup race in Slovakia
Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova has been ruled out for the rest of the World Cup season after sustaining a knee injury during the first run of a women’s World Cup giant slalom close to her hometown. Her team says Vlhova tore ligaments in her right knee when she crashed and slid into the safety netting. Racing in front of 10,000 spectators in Jasna near her hometown in the Tatra mountains, Vlhova lost balance in a left turn 14 seconds into her run. Olympic GS champion Sara Hector dominated the race and finished 1.51 seconds ahead Mikaela Shiffrin.
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