Petra Vlhova's bid for a first World Cup win of the season continues after Wendy Holdener and Mikaela Shiffrin nudged her into third place in Sunday's slalom in Sestriere.
Mikaela Shiffrin beat Petra Vlhova of Slovakia Sunday to win the first women’s World Cup race in North America in two years. The win puts Shiffrin even with racing legend Ingemar Stenmark at 46 wins in a single discipline.
KILLINGTON, Vt. (AP) Petra Vlhova built a slim lead over Mikaela Shiffrin in the opening run of the slalom on Sunday in the first women’s World Cup race in North America for two years.
FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships 2021 wrap up in Bansko
Alpine 10 Mar 2021
The 40th edition of the Alpine Junior Wolrd Ski Championships ended today in Bansko (BUL). A total of 179 competitors from 44 nations participated under perfect conditions at the Pririni Mountain in Bulgaria, one week after the men’s FIS Alpine World Cup races were staged on the same hill. The men’s and women’s competitions were staged completely separately as part of the Covid-19 protocols with a two-day break between their competitions.
The first race of the event was the men’s super G. Giovanni Franzoni (ITA) showed his class and won just ahead of Lukas Feuerstein (AUT) and Gael Zulauf (SUI). The five top racers were within only 17 hundredths of a second. The day after, the fight for the title was the same. Feuerstein made the most of his opportunity and relegated Franzoni to second place in