Orphan of her great rival in the discipline, the Slovakian Petra Vlhova, who is still convalescing ten months after her rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee, Mikaela Shiffrin must have felt a little alone on Saturday in Levi during the inaugural slalom of the season . Untouchable over both rounds, the American won an eighth victory – since 2013 – on the Finnish track.
Title holder of the small globe of the specialty, Shiffrin is the one who best tamed the fog at the top of the route in the morning. She only needed the sixth fastest time during the second round at the start of the afternoon to validate her 98th World Cup victory – the absolute record. The superstar beat the Austrian Katharina Liensberger by 79 hundredths and the German Lena Duerr by 83 hundredths.
With nine starters at the start, Switzerland placed two girls in the top 10. Camille Rast was already the best Swiss (12th) three weeks ago during the opening giant in Sölden, she confirmed her current good form. Seventh in the first round, the Valaisanne finished in a magnificent 5th place, 1 second and 31 hundredths behind Shiffrin. For her, who pocketed 45 points, a first podium has never seemed so close.
Still very comfortable on the snow of the “Levi Black”, Mélanie Meillard is 7th (+1’43), Wendy Holdener 16th (+2’75) and Michelle Gisin 24th (3’39).
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