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03/15 05:02 CDT Olympic champion Shiffrin dominates 1st leg of penultimate
slalom but main rival Aicher is 2nd
Olympic champion Shiffrin dominates 1st leg of penultimate slalom but main
rival Aicher is 2nd
RE, Sweden (AP) --- Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin dominated the opening
run of the penultimate slalom of the World Cup season Sunday, but her main
rival in the overall standings was second to keep the pressure on the American.
Shiffrin had a free-flowing run on the Strtloppsbacken course to build a lead
of 0.51 seconds over runner-up Emma Aicher.
In recent weeks, the German all-event skier has become a threat to Shiffrin's
quest for what would be the American's record-equaling sixth overall title.
With five events remaining, Aicher trails leader Shiffrin by 120 points, with
each race win worth 100 points.
Focusing on slalom and GS this season, and two starts in super-G, Shiffrin has
amassed 1,186 points in total, including 780 from the slalom discipline. She
already locked up her record ninth slalom globe in January, weeks before the
Olympics.
Aicher has gathered eight podiums this season across slalom, super-G and
downhill, with three wins from the speed events. Third is her best result in
slalom.
Winning the race would mark Shiffrin's eighth slalom victory of the World Cup
season, matching her own shared best mark from 2018-19, which was previously
only achieved by Croatian great Janica Kostelic 25 years ago.
On Sunday, Katharina Truppe of Austria was 0.57 behind in third, and the rest
of the field had to make up at least seven-tenths in the second run.
Camille Rast, the only racer other than Shiffrin to win a slalom this season,
was ninth as the Swiss skier trailed Shiffrin by 1.28 seconds.
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AP skiing: https://apnews.com/hub/alpine-skiing
