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Second day of slalom in Levi, second advantage at halftime for Petra Vlhova: the Slovak was again the measure of all things on Sunday. On the easiest course yet this weekend in Finland, the 25-year-old Saturday’s winner once again showed her current special position, having won the last four slalom races.
However, unlike on Saturday, she had to share her advantage at halftime: Switzerland’s Michelle Gisin activated the light barrier at the finish line at the same time, a first for Engelberg’s 26-year-old combined Olympic champion. “I already expected it to be so close,” said Vlhova, “a lot of people regained their confidence yesterday.” In the end, Vlhova won 31 hundredths of a second ahead of Gisin, who is the last Swiss woman to win a World Cup slalom. is Marlies Oester from Adelboden – January 20, 2002 (!). “It wasn’t that easy,” said Petra Vlhova. “Winning here is difficult anyway, and it is even more difficult to confirm a victory. Today I also felt the pressure that I put on myself. And everyone was very united about that.”
Like Saturday, Katharina Liensberger landed in third place, who moved up from sixth place with the fastest time in race two. After a serious mistake in the first part of the job, the 23-year-old proved that she has reached the top of the world. Vlhova, who celebrated her 16th World Cup victory, was exactly half a second short. “It’s fun to drive,” Liensberger said happily. “The flat stage was still not where I wanted to be, but I’m happy with the two podiums. And we achieved a great team result. We are heading in the right direction, and now we know where we need to keep working.”
Mikaela Shiffrin, on the other hand, looked unusually insecure in the second competition after her return to the World Cup. “I didn’t know if I could go back. It didn’t feel perfect, ”the 25-year-old American said after her second place on Saturday. “I wasn’t really nervous, but I haven’t run at this level in a long time. It is so exhausting and emotional. But I don’t like being excited anymore. “
But the emotions also seemed to be too strong on Sunday, Shiffrin seemed almost nervous, her skis slipped several times in the first race, in the end it was enough to place the 5 (+0.93).
