For the final six years, the victor on the Evening Slalom in Flachau, Austria, was certainly one of two ski racers: Mikaela Shiffrin or Petra Vlhova. With each skiers at the moment not competing resulting from accidents, the title was up for grabs. Whereas native favourite Katharina Liensberger went into the second run as the favourite, it was finally arch-nemesis Switzerland that walked away victorious.
Not solely did Switzerland’s Camille Rast declare the victory, however second place went once more to her teammate Wendy Holdener, whereas third place went to Sweden’s Sara Hector. Austria’s Liensberger was demoted to fourth place, 0.51 seconds behind Rast. It marks Rast’s second profession victory after successful the Slalom in Killington, Vermont, and the second time, as properly, that Rast and Holdener shared the rostrum.
Run 1
FIS Slalom races are carried out in two runs with the mixed time counting. Run 1 is a qualifying run, with the highest 30 skiers qualifying for Run 2. Austrian ski racer Katharina Liensberger had certified in first place, a shocking 0.75 seconds forward of Wendy Holdener. Sara Hector was virtually a second behind the Austrian, whereas Germany’s Lena Dürr was in shut fourth place, 0.07 seconds behind Hector.
Camille Rast had certified in eighth place, 1.50 seconds behind Liensberger, whereas USA’s Paula Moltzan sat in ninth, simply 0.15 seconds behind Rast. Her teammates AJ Harm and Nina O’Brien had certified in twentieth and twenty first place, respectively. In the meantime, Alpine Canada had two skiers qualify for Run 2, Laurence St-Germain in tenth place and Amelie Good in twenty ninth. Many skiers struggled with the course, particularly because the evening went on, with a complete of 18 skiers recording a DNF or DSQ on Run 1.
Run 2
Run 2 is carried out in reverse order, which means the quickest from Run 1 goes final. This ensures not solely a nail-biting race but additionally truthful situations, because the quickest from Run 1 are sometimes these with earlier beginning numbers.
Cornelia Oehlund, because the seventh starter, put down a incredible second run that noticed the 19-year-old Swede catapult herself into the lead. The subsequent 12 skiers did not unseat her from the chief’s seat, however then her neighbor to the west, Norway’s Mina Fuerst Holtman, snatched the lead by 0.26 seconds. It was finally a formidable twelfth place for the younger Swede and ninth for the Norwegian.
With solely the quickest 10 skiers left to go, it was certain to be an thrilling second run. Canada’s St-Germain did not unseat Holtman, however USA’s Paula Moltzan put down a incredible run, claiming the lead by 0.37 seconds. Sadly, Moltzan’s time within the chief’s seat was very brief, as eighth-last skier Rast shot into the lead, 0.73 seconds forward of the American. In the end, it was a formidable sixth place for Moltzan. Nina O’Brien completed in twentieth, whereas AJ Harm sadly spun out on Run 2 however was unhurt.
Rast’s unbelievable mixed time was a time nobody else managed to beat and ultimately victory went for the second time in her profession to 25-year-old Rast, who till this season had by no means even been on the rostrum. Wendy Holdener completed second, and Sara Hector third, whereas Liensberger was got rid of the rostrum into fourth place.
With this victory, Rast claims the lead within the FIS General girls’s rankings, main with 533 factors forward of Sara Hector with 507 factors. She additionally leads the Slalom standings with 405 factors forward of her teammate Holdener with 345 factors.
The ladies’s World Cup races proceed on the weekend with a Downhill and Tremendous-G race at Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy on January 18 and 19, whereas the tech girls have a break till subsequent Tuesday, January 21, when they are going to race a Large Slalom race on the well-known Kronplatz in Italy.
