January 2, 2021, 12:20 pm
Editor’s note: Mikaela Shiffrin of Edwards wound up just off the podium in fourth on Sunday, .27 seconds behind winner Petra Vlhova of Slovakia, .22 behind second-place Katharina Liensberger of Austria and . 05 behind third-place Michelle Gisin of Switzerland.
Despite a deadly earthquake in central Croatia nearly a week ago, the show – in this case the alpine skiing World Cup – must go on. And Edwards’ resident Mikaela Shiffrin will be back in action early Sunday morning Vail time in a slalom in Zagreb, Croatia.
Mikaela Shiffrin
“Just six days after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck central Croatia, officials at Zagreb are ready to host women’s FIS Alpine World Cup slalom Sunday,” the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team reported Saturday morning.
Shiffrin third in Semmering
Mikaela Shiffrin of Edwards, right, celebrates with Michelle Gisin (Getty Images).
Mikaela Shiffrin of Edwards was third in a night slalom in Semmering, Austria on Tuesday. Here’s the press release from the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team:
It was a banner day to finish out 2020 with Mikaela Shiffrin taking third place in the FIS Alpine World Cup slalom in Semmering, Austria, and Nina O’Brien finishing in ninth her first top-10 result in her career.
Under the lights, Michelle Gisin of Switzerland had a heroic second run to win her first-ever World Cup race and become the first woman besides Mikaela or Petra Vlhova in
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