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BEIJING — Swedish skier Sara Hector capped a recent career resurgence in the best way possible, winning the gold medal in the women's giant slalom at the Beijing Olympics on Monday for her first individual victory at a major championship.
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.
Defending Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin has crashed out of the giant slalom on her first run on the dry snow on the Ice River course and has been disqualified from the event. Shiffrin won the slalom at the 2014 Olympics before taking another gold in the giant slalom four years later in Pyeongchang. Ad/> The American, who is currently top of the overall World Cup standings, was bidding to win gold again in the giant slalom but she was unable to complete her first run.
YANQING, China : American Mikaela Shiffrin's rivals see her as the skier to beat when the women's Alpine programme at the Beijing Olympics gets underway with the giant slalom on Monday, but that does not mean they will give up without a fight.
YANQING, China (Reuters) - French Alpine skier Tessa Worley is unfazed by the strong competition in the giant slalom at the Beijing Olympics and feeling more relaxed than at the 2018 Games in South Korea which ended in disappointment for her, she said on Saturday.
YANQING, China : French Alpine skier Tessa Worley is unfazed by the strong competition in the giant slalom at the Beijing Olympics and feeling more relaxed than at the 2018 Games in South Korea which ended in disappointment for her, she said on Saturday.
After waiting seven years for a second World Cup win, Sara Hector now has three more victories in giant slalom — and they could not have come at a better time with the Winter Olympics starting next week.
Sara Hector continued her strong form by winning the final women’s giant slalom race before the Beijing Olympics, as Mikaela Shiffrin struggled once again. Hector cemented her status as the person to beat in the Olympic GS by overcoming a big mistake in her second run in Kronplatz to earn a third World Cup win of the season in her favourite discipline. Ad/> First-run leader Petra Vlhova couldn’t match the Swede’s time and just missed out on her first GS win of the season, finishing 0.15 seconds behind.