Liensberger and that "wonderful feeling". Vlhova at +96 and ... immediately flying to Zurich

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The reactions of the protagonists of a second slalom in Are that finally rewarded the Austrian phenomenal, with her first success in the World Cup. Shiffrin and Holdener half satisfied, the Slovak is saved with a miracle and remains the favorite for the coppone: now Lenzerheide.

Saturday 13 March 2021 6 minutes reading time

It was there, he just had to pick it up on the right day and today it has arrived. He deserved it more than any other and here Katharina Liensberger's first World Cup victory became reality in Are slalom number 2; after eight podiums in the discipline (nine in total with a 3rd in giant), of which four second places in the season, where she has always climbed one of the three steps with the exception of Jasna, fourth, the phenomenal 23-year-old Austrian has also unlocked in the maximum circuit, she who dominated the world slalom in Cortina. And it is a success that also means second place in the specialty cup just 22 points behind Petra Vlhova, when only the final test in Lenzerheide is missing, next Saturday: "I just wanted to reach the finish line fighting with everything that was on the track - Liensberger explained after the race through the press office of the Austrian federation - I agreed to have to adapt to the conditions and I fought. It is crazy to win in CdM, a wonderful feeling. Mika and Petra have kept the level very high even in the last few races, it's really nice when we all manage to give our best. Today I managed to stay in front, I just feel ... good ”. Mikaela Shiffrin had to suffer a clear defeat, 72 cents away from the native of Vorarlberg who had preceded by 19 in the first heat. On the day of the 26th birthday, "only" the podium number 104 arrives and not the 70th victory of her career, even if the same champion of Eagle can now run for the specialty cup (it would be her seventh in slalom), finding herself at 37 points from Vlhova. "Katharina was better, she really deserved this success - said Mikaela after the race - It wasn't easy to adapt, like yesterday, but it's still an important result". If Wendy Holdener had to be satisfied, 1 "65 from Liensberger, with the 27th podium in slalom and 41st in total (with 3 victories, but none between the tight posts), a great protagonist of the day was certainly Petra Vlhova, after what happened in the first heat in which a sausage on the fifth door cost the Slovak over 2 seconds lost. The qualification (with the 27th time trial) was possible thanks to a true prodigy of the pupil of Livio Magoni, then recovering up to eighth place which means 32 points and now +96 on Lara Gut-Behrami in the general (in addition to the defense of the red bib in slalom), on the eve of the finals in Lenzerheide. “I had nothing more to lose and I shot in the second, it was certainly an advantage to start fourth and in the end it was an important placement,” Petra told ORF. And Magoni himself told us that he felt relieved after bringing home a result that now seemed impossible to grasp. "We saved her well ...". And now I fly immediately towards Zurich for Vlhova, then joined by the Bergamo technician and his staff to prepare for the tests for the descent of the finals, theoretically starting on Monday. Even if the expected heavy snowfalls could upset everything ...

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