Mikaela Shiffrin was third after the opening run but skied out in what seemed a blistering-fast second run until the American straddled a gate. In January 2018, she skied out in the second run of a race in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, the last slalom before the Pyeongchang Olympics. “This morning I was a little bit angry because when I saw conditions, they were not, like, perfect, not like World Cup race,” Vlhova said. Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States reacts after failing to finish her second run on Sunday at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Photograph: Jure Makovec/AFP/Getty ImagesWorld Cup and world slalom champion Katharina Liensberger of Austria also straddled a gate in her second run.

Source: The Guardian January 10, 2022 07:11 UTC