“There are some spots the place it wasn’t completely the correct feeling. I believe it’s that manner for everybody,” Shiffrin stated. “It’s fairly aggressive snow, that may be very tough to be fluent and clear.”
Petra Vlhova, the World Cup slalom champion from Slovakia, was 0.14 behind in third.
Katharina Liensberger was 0.33 off the lead in fourth. The Austrian is the one skier who completed within the prime three of all 4 slaloms to date this season.
The remainder of the sector, led by Michelle Gisin in fifth, had greater than a second to make up within the remaining run. Two weeks in the past, Gisin gained in one other Austrian resort, Semmering, to turn into the primary skier different the Shiffrin or Vlhova to win a World Cup slalom in 29 races since January 2017.
Shiffrin positioned herself for an additional sturdy end result within the annual race on the course named after Austrian nice Hermann Maier.
The American completed on the rostrum right here all seven instances the floodlit race was held since 2013, together with a document three wins.
Shiffrin can earn her one centesimal profession World Cup podium and would turn into the eighth skier within the 54-year-long historical past of the World Cup to succeed in the milestone.
On the ladies’s aspect, solely Lindsey Vonn (137), Annemarie Moser-Proell (114), Renate Goetschl (110) and Vreni Schneider (101) have extra top-three finishes than Shiffrin.
Shiffrin has gained a document 43 World Cup slaloms, however none since December 2019. She additionally led the slalom in Semmering after the primary run earlier than dropping to 3rd.
The race is the final slalom earlier than the world championships in Italy in February.
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