Odermatt, a 24-year-old emerging Swiss star, beat his Norwegian rival by 0.23 seconds. Matthias Mayer, the 2018 Olympic champion in super-G, was 0.58 behind in third place for his third podium place of the season in a discipline dominated by the two standouts.
Mikaela Shiffrin won the last women’s World Cup slalom before the Beijing Olympics, while her Slovakian rival Petra Vlhova locked up the season title in the discipline.
Racing on the challenging Planai course, Vlhova led Lena Dürr of Germany by 0.27 seconds, while Canada’s Ali Nullmeyer and Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener both finished 0.35 behind in third.
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ASPEN, Colo. – Tuva Norbye thought her race days were behind her. The 25-year-old Norwegian
Wearing low-ranked bib No. 38, Johannes Strolz was the shocking winner of a World Cup slalom on Sunday.
Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova won a women’s World Cup slalom Sunday, denying first-run leader Wendy Holdener of Switzerland a first career win.
Teammates Manuel Feller and Fabio Gstrein tied for the lead in a tightly contested World Cup slalom Sunday that opened up when three pre-race favorites failed to finish the first run.
Swiss skier Wendy Holdener posted the fastest time in the opening run of a women’s World Cup slalom Sunday to lead standouts Petra Vlhova and Mikaela Shiffrin.
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Marco Odermatt’s dominant season in World Cup giant slalom delivered Switzerland the win it craved after a 14-year wait in its classic home race on Saturday.
Swedish skier Sara Hector edged French former world champion Tessa Worley to lead a women’s World Cup giant slalom after the opening run Saturday.
World Cup overall leader Marco Odermatt led the first run of a giant slalom Saturday, aiming to give Alpine ski powerhouse Switzerland its first win in 14 years in its classic home race.
Swedish skier Sara Hector edged French former world champion Tessa Worley to lead a women’s World Cup giant slalom after the opening run Saturday.
Vlhova won the slalom in Zagreb for her fourth win in five races this season. Shiffrin was the only racer to finish within two seconds of Vlhova after missing two races last week due to a positive COVID-19 test.
Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova took a big lead in the opening run of women’s World Cup slalom in tough race conditions on Tuesday.
Defending overall champion Petra Vlhova dominated a women’s World Cup slalom on Wednesday to build a big lead over Mikaela Shiffrin in the discipline standings.
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde mastered a tricky course to win a World Cup super-G in Borimo by a large margin Wednesday for his third straight victory in the discipline. RCS just missed the podium by five hundredths of a second.
Defending overall champion Petra Vlhova built a slim lead in the opening run of a women’s World Cup slalom on Wednesday, positioning herself for a third win in the discipline this season.
Racing in flat lights on the Schlossberg course, Worley held onto her first-run lead to beat defending overall champion Petra Vlhova by three-tenths of a second.
Paris dominated again for his record-extending seventh victory in Bormio on Tuesday and sixth in downhill — making him the first skier to win as many downhills at a single resort.
French skier Tessa Worley posted the fastest time in the opening run of a women’s World Cup giant slalom Tuesday in the absence of Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin and world champion Lara Gut-Behrami.
Norwegian skier Sebastian Foss-Solevaag benefited when Clement Noel missed the final gate in the second run of a World Cup slalom night race on Wednesday to claim his first victory since taking gold at the world championships.
Chasing his second consecutive World Cup slalom victory, France’s Clément Noël held a comfortable advantage following the first leg of the night race Wednesday on the steep Canalone Miramonti course.
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