LIVE from Zagreb: at 13.00 the fourth women's slalom of the World Cup season starts

Shiffrin (bib 7) as a great favorite with Vlhova and the Swiss couple Holdener-Gisin who will try. Seven blue in the race, Curtoni the only one starting in the 30. LIVE on NEVEITALIA.

Saturday 4 January 2020 4 minutes reading time

The theme is always the same: who can beat, or at least undermine, Mikaela Shiffrin? At 13.00 the 1st round of the women's slalom in Zagreb starts (appointment at 16.15 for the second), the fourth of the season after the first three won by ... His Majesty. The phenomenal American is clearly the favorite also for the test (on the longest track of the circuit) on the Sljeme hill, where she has already exulted four times in her career and looks for what would be the seventh consecutive victory in the specialty in the World Cup, as well as the 44th total. However, his most dangerous rival will open the starting gate first, second in the last two slaloms in Killington and Lienz, or Petra Vlhova who could also have a small track advantage over Shiffrin (even if the conditions are good), who instead he fished the number 7. Among them Michelle Gisin with 2, after celebrating last Sunday the first career podium among the rapid gates and to be treated with great attention on a slope that could be ideal for the characteristics of the Swiss, Katharina Liensberger with 3, Wendy Holdener with 4 followed by Anna Swenn Larsson, back as the Swiss since Lienz's exit. And before and after Shiffrin, we find Troops and Gallhuber, with Haver-Loeseth (number 9) which could be very dangerous. Race to be followed on NEVEITALIA, starting from 13.00 with FIS live timing. CLICK HERE FOR LIVE TIMING FIS CLICK HERE FOR THE 1st MANCHE STARTLIST Seven girls from Matteo Guadagnini's national team are playing on Sljeme. The only one starting at 30 is once again Irene Curtoni, who will have the bib number 10, with the "tactical" absence of Federica Brignone who will force Lara Della Mea to wait until 34 to see the second blue in the race, with the goal of second consecutive qualifying after Lienz. Martina Peterlini (bib 46), Marta Rossetti (58), Vivien Insam (63), Roberta Midali (64) and Anita Gulli will also try to take some points with 66 out of 74 athletes in the race.

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