Wendy Holdener will fight for the podium after the first round of the Flachau slalom. The Schwyzoise, 2nd, is 0”75 behind Katharina Liensberger.
While the Austrian produced a superb effort in front of her home crowd, Wendy Holdener competed at the top before losing time in the last thirty seconds of a very long round. Behind Holdener, we find the Swede Sara Hector at 0”94, which means that only two athletes are in the same second as Liensberger.
Fifth at 1”15, Mélanie Meillard will also have the opportunity to seek the first podium of her career in slalom. Like her compatriot, the Valaisanne of Neuchâtel origin lost time in the last two sectors.
First to set off, Camille Rast, for her part, showed shyness. She still limited the damage by placing 8th at 1”50 and therefore 0”75 from Wendy Holdener.
-For her 103rd and final slalom, Michelle Gisin has not yet achieved a miracle. The Obwaldois, winners of the Semmering slalom more than four years ago, lacked energy to provisionally occupy 14th place at 2”38.
Note the poor performance of Zrinka Ljutic. The Croatian, winner of the last two slaloms, made a huge mistake at the top and was pushed back to 24th place at 3”70.
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