Mikaela Shiffrin edged fellow American Paula Moltzan to assert her sixth World Cup slalom title of the season and her seventieth all-time throughout an evening race in Flachau, Austria on Tuesday.
Shiffrin posted the quickest time of the primary run and went on to win in 1 minute, 50.52 seconds — 0.41 seconds forward of Moltzan — for her sixth win in seven slalom occasions this season. It additionally prolonged her World Cup victory document to 107 general.
Moltzan, a Minnesota native nonetheless searching for her first World Cup victory, claimed her fourth profession runner-up end. It was her first podium within the slalom this season.
Austria’s Katharina Truppe completed 0.65 behind to assert third forward of Switzerland’s Camille Rast, who snapped Shiffrin’s six-event slalom win streak in Slovenia final week.
One other American, Nina O’Brien, used the quickest second run to maneuver as much as a Thirteenth-place end.
The World Cup occasion in Czechia on Jan. 25 is the ultimate slalom race earlier than the Milan Cortina Winter Video games start Feb. 6.
–Discipline Degree Media