After defending her title in the World Cup yesterday, with third place in the giant slalom, Mihaela Šifrin won today the 11th slalom of the season, which was held in Ofterschwang, Germany, and secured the Crystal Globe in this discipline, the fifth in her career.
The second American skier, after Lindsay Vonn, who triumphed in the World Cup several times (Von won the Crystal Globe four times), was the leader even after the first run, and she won the slalom in a time of one minute, 49 seconds and 10 hundredths of a second. .
It is her 11th victory this season, 42nd overall in the World Cup (in fifth place on the all-time list she reached the fifth-ranked Swede Anja Persson, but she was the first to win so many times 23 years ago), and 31st in slalom.
Swiss Wendy Holdener took second place, nine hundredths behind, while Sweden's Frida Hansdóttir, the Olympic champion from Pyeongchang, came third, 72 hundredths behind.
Šifrin is the leader in the slalom ranking with 880 points, out of a possible 1.000 (she was second at the season opener in Levi and did not finish the slalom in Lenzerheide), Vlhova is second with 655, and Holdener is third with 625.
Šifrin collected 1.673 points in the overall ranking of the World Cup, Holdener is second with 1.050, and Vlhova is third with 864.
The next women's ski race will be the downhill in Ore, Sweden, which is scheduled for March 14.
Top 10 in today's race 1. Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) 1:49.10 2. Wendy Holdener (Sui) 1:49.19 +0.09 3. Frida Hansdotter (Swe) 1:49.82 +0.72 4. Petra Vlhova (Slk) 1:49.97 +0.87 5. Katharina Gallhuber (Aut) 1:50.05 +0.95 6. Bernadette Schild (Aut) 1:50.25 +1.15 7. Erin Mielzynski (Can) 1:50.72 +1.62 Anna Swenn Larsson (Swe) 1:50.72 +1.62 9. Michelle Gisin (Sui) 1:50.82 +1.72 10. Katharina Liensberger (Out) 1:50.92 +1.82 ...
Standings in slalom 1. Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) 880 points 2. Petra Vlhova (Slk) 655 3. Wendy Holdener (Sui) 625 4. Frida Hansdotter (Swe) 621 5. Bernadette Schild (Aut) 418 ...
Ranking in the World Cup 1. Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) 1673 points 2. Wendy Holdener (Sui) 1050 3. Petra Vlhova (Slk) 864 4. Viktoria Rebensburg (Ger) 847 5 Ragnhild Mowinckel (Nor) 815
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