Petra Vlhová’s 2nd Place Finish in Killington Slalom Race

Slovak skier Petra Vlhová has completed the slalom in the American Killington, in which she took second place. She was 0.33 seconds behind the winner Mikaela Shiffrin. It was her fifth second-place finish in the slalom at Killington.

When Vlhová was second in the slalom at the American resort, she was always beaten by only one skier – local Mikaela Shiffrinová. This happened for the fifth time.

“The first round was not so good, I don’t know why, I didn’t feel good in it, I don’t know why. In the second one, I needed to put everything into it. Here I am again in second place. When I reached the finish line, I thought that maybe it would be enough. But Mikaela gave a really good performance and was stronger, it will be a tough season, but it was a good fight.” she sighed in an interview for the International Ski Federation of the Vlhová event.

news-item-description">Slovak skier Petra Vlhová finished in second place in Sunday’s World Cup slalom in Killington, USA. She lost 33 hundredths of a second to home winner Mikaela Shiffrin. The American claimed her 90th jubilee triumph in the prestigious series, thus improving her record. Swiss Wendy Holdener was third (+1.37).

Shiffrinová beat Vlhová in the slalom in Killington in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023. In 2022, neither of them finished on the podium, in 2016 Shiffrinová also won, and the second was the Slovak skier Veronika Velez-Zuzulova.

It was the third slalom of the season, she won the first in Levi, Finland, in the second one in Levi she was eliminated in the second round, now she is in third place. She shows a really great form and the start of the season indicates that the fight for the small globe for slalom will once again be about two women, Vlhova and Shiffrin.

“We are still only at the beginning. I feel good and will continue to work hard. It’s going to be a tough fight between me and Mikaela, but some of the girls are catching up. I have to do two good laps to win, one is not enough. It would be nice to finally win here, but Mikaela was stronger.”

news-item-description">American skier Mikaela Shiffrin won the slalom race on her home turf in Killington. She beat the second Petra Vlhová by only 0.33 seconds, and as she herself admitted after the race, she didn’t really hope for it.

The skiers are now moving to the Canadian resort of Tremblant, which is just over a four-hour drive from Killington. This will be the very first time for several female racers.

“It will be something new. Some girls there know it, but most don’t. We will train there, we still have a few days before the race,” said Vlhová before two giant slaloms.

news-item-description">In the 2023/24 World Cup in downhill skiing, Slovakia will be represented again by the Olympic slalom gold holder from Beijing 2022, Petra Vlhová, who is the strongest in slalom. In addition to the most winding discipline, she also plans to start in the giant slalom, she should include speed disciplines in her program only exceptionally.

2023-11-26 21:23:45
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