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YANQING, China : Petra Vlhova was set to clinch Slovakia's first Olympic Alpine skiing gold medal after moving into top spot in the women's slalom on Wednesday after all the top skiers had completed their run.
Mikaela Shiffrin crashed out of her second successive alpine race at Beijing 2022 in another disastrous run for the American.
YANQING, China : Slovakia's Petra Vlhova moved into the gold medal spot in the women's slalom at the Beijing Games on Wednesday after all the top skiers had completed their run and only outsiders remained.
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Petra Vlhova is set to battle it out with legendary American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin in the women’s slalom this week, with the Slovakian going toe-to-toe with the best in the business to upset the odds. It hasn’t been plain sailing for Vlhova so far in China, but the alpine skier from the small town of Liptovsky Mikulas in Slovakia — who won the overall World Cup title last year — is fancied to rival Shiffrin in what is set to be a contest like no other at Beijing. Ad/> Vlhova, 26, can boast a giant slalom gold in the 2019 Åre World Championships, whilst picking up bronze in the slalom at the same tournament.
Sara Hector won the women's Olympic giant slalom on Monday in a race stripped of a showdown with Mikaela Shiffrin after the American slid out in the first leg. Hector, fastest down on the opening run of two, clocked a combined total of 1min 55.69sec to finish 0.28sec ahead of Italy's Federica Brignone, with current world champion Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland rounding out the podium. "I really tried to push it and give it all I got.
Defending giant slalom Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin crashed out during the first run on Monday, and she told Eurosport that while she was disappointed, she was proud of her performance. The 26-year-old was aiming to collect a third Olympic gold after successes in the slalom in Sochi in 2014 and the giant slalom at the PyeongChang 2018 Games. Ad/> However, Shiffrin – seventh out – crashed on the left-turn fifth gate.