Keystone
The Swiss placed themselves in an excellent starting position during the Kranjska Gora slalom. Wendy Holdener as co-leader in the 2nd heat, Camille Rast and Mélanie Meillard in 3rd and 6th place.
In the absence of Mikaela Shiffrin and Petra Vlhova, Holdener and 20-year-old Semmering winner Ljutic were 32 hundredths faster than Rast, who is looking to defend her lead in the discipline rankings and could overtake Sara Hector to regain the lead in the classification. World Cup overall. Hector, Saturday’s superior winner in giant slalom, shares 6th place with Meillard.
There is therefore a good chance that a Swiss woman will follow in the footsteps of Vlhova and Shiffrin in Kranjska Gora. The two dominators have shared the last four slalom victories on Podkoren; Shiffrin won in 2018, Vlhova in 2020, 2022 and 2024. The last time the winner was not Vlhova or Shiffrin was in 2014 (Frida Hansdotter).
-The last Swiss victory at Kranjska Gora dates back to 1991 (Vreni Schneider). The last Swiss slalom winner in the Slovenian resort was Erika Hess, 41 years ago (end of 1983).
The second round begins at 1:00 p.m. Michelle Gisin was a good second and a half behind Holdener in intermediate 16th place after 32 riders. Elena Stoffel (24th) must still tremble, Aline Danioth will miss the second round.
