The Croatian got the best start on Sunday, ahead of the two Swiss Wendy Holdener and Camille Rast.
The Croatian Zrinka Ljutic dominated the first round of the slalom in Kranjska Gora (Slovenia) on Sunday, counting for the Alpine Skiing World Cup, ahead of the Swiss Wendy Holdener and Camille Rast.
Holdener, the first to start, set the bar very high by setting a reference time of 50 seconds 82/100. In the process, with bib N.2, Ljutic was credited with the same time and the two skiers watched, without being worried, following the race of their competitors unable to dislodge them.
The Croatian confirmed her good start to the season: after her slalom victory in Semmering (Germany) last weekend, she approached the upper part of the course with caution before finishing the race with a bang, but not enough to overtake Holdener. Rast, 4th in the Semmering slalom, ranked third in the first round, 32/100 behind the co-leaders.
Marie Lamure 10e
In the absence of the American Mikaela Shiffrin, the queen of giant slalom, and the Slovak Petra Vlohva, eyes were focused on the Swede Sara Hector, who had crushed the giant the day before. But the new leader of the general classification of the Ski World Cup had to settle for 6th place (+0.78) after a failure in the last third of the race.
Her German runner-up Lena Duerr, who had won the podium this season in Semmering and Levi (Finland), fell due to loss of grip. Her compatriot Emma Aicher, who started like a rocket and was impressive in the first two thirds, weakened in the last part of the race to fall to 5th place (+0.66).
The Frenchwoman Marie Lamure landed the top 10 (10th, +1.18) and will appear with two other Tricolores Chiara Pogneaux (20th, +1.92) and Clarisse Brèe (25th, +1.98) at the start of the second round from 1:30 p.m. The Swede Estelle Alphand, daughter of former ski and rally star Luc Alphand will also be there after taking 27th place (+2.18).
