Skiing - Petra Vlhová dropped in the 1st round of the giant slalom (Lenzerheide) today

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Slovak skier Petra Vlhová did not finish Sunday’s huge World Cup slalom. In Lenzerheide, Switzerland, she dropped out in the first round after a mistake in the upper part, shortly before the second split time.

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The defender of the big globe thus gave Mikaele Shiffrin a chance to increase her lead in the overall ranking of the World Championships. The American rival led the race ahead of the race with a lead of 67 points over Vlhova and in the 1st round of the “turn” she was in second place after the initial fifteen with a shortfall of 11 hundreds to the leading Swede Sara Hectorová. The third was Tessa Worley from France (+0.16).

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On Sunday, ideal sunny conditions with no wind and freezing temperatures (-8 ° C) prevailed on the slope. Despite the problem in the opening slope, Vlhová, with a starting number of 3, had a five-hundred-point lead over Shiffrin at the first time, but after about 20 seconds of driving she got too much to overturn, followed by a fall and her first drop out of this season.

“I took a full, risked it. Unfortunately, mistakes happen.” said Vlhová. “Of course I’m angry, but I’m trying to take it in stride. I’ve tried it, I’ve put everything into it. That’s it, we’re moving on. We’ve achieved our goals, this is just such a bonus. I try not to hang my head, but it’s it’s hard, I have a lot behind me and I feel like I’m leaving the last one, “ added for RTVS.

Apart from the Slovaks, Marta Bassinová from Italy and Alice Robinsonová from New Zealand and the Swiss Lara Gutová-Behrami also decided not to start the 1st round.

The first round was the best for Hector, the leader of the classification of the discipline showed a smooth ride with the necessary dose of aggression and before the 2nd round (13.30) she created a close lead over Shiffrin.