Overview
- Mikaela Shiffrin led wire to wire for her 70th slalom triumph, beating U.S. teammate Paula Moltzan by 0.41 seconds, with Austria’s Katharina Truppe third at 0.65 in the high-prize Flachau event.
- Germany’s Emma Aicher was on pace late in run two before straddling a gate near the finish, and Lena Dürr exited after a difficult first run and an error in the second.
- Teenager Lara Markthaler made her World Cup debut in Flachau and is set to represent South Africa in slalom and giant slalom at the Cortina Olympics.
- In Bad Gastein’s Parallel-Slalom World Cup, Stefan Baumeister finished fourth after earlier ousting Olympic champion Benjamin Karl, while Ramona Hofmeister placed ninth as Italy swept both wins.
- One day earlier in Adelboden, France’s Paco Rassat won the men’s slalom ahead of Atle Lie McGrath and Henrik Kristoffersen, who was seen breaking ski poles after the race, and Germany’s Anton Tremmel flipped near the penultimate gate, missed the last and was disqualified without injury.