Mikaela Shiffrin continued her dominant form on the World Cup circuit Sunday, posting the fastest time in the frist run of the slalom race in Gurgl, Austria. This latest performance adds to a decorated career for the American,who already boasts 100 World Cup wins [[1]] and is looking to defend her victory from last year’s event. The Gurgl stop is a critical early-season competition for slalom racers as they vie for positioning in the overall standings.
GURGL – Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States dominated the first run of the World Cup slalom race in Gurgl, Austria, on Sunday.
The 30-year-old American posted a blistering time, finishing 31 hundredths of a second ahead of Albania’s Lara Colturi.
Switzerland’s Camille Rast and Wendy Holdener trailed Shiffrin by 48 hundredths of a second, while Germany’s Lena Dürr was .75 seconds off the pace.
Other competitors fell more than a second behind Shiffrin’s leading time.
Shiffrin is in a strong position to defend her victory from the opening slalom event of the season in Levi, Finland, and repeat her success in Gurgl from the previous year. This World Cup stop is a key early-season indicator for the contenders in the slalom discipline.
The second run is scheduled to begin at 13:30 local time. Slovakia did not have any athletes competing in the race, as Petra Vlhová only resumed on-snow training last month following a lengthy recovery period.
