Mikaela Shiffrin: "Before the second moto I said to myself: no mercy!"

Mikaela Shiffrin: 'Prima della 2a manche mi son detta: nessuna pietà!'
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Mikaela Shiffrin: "Before the second moto I said to myself: no mercy!"

LEVI (FINLAND) - The 18 year-old Vail dominates, as forecast, the first slalom of the season while committing two errors heavy on the wall of the first round last off and on'' at the end of the second floor. Opposing annihilated. Vince calls it a reindeer and ... Rudolf! Here are his impressions after the race.

Brava, and also pretty ironic. Mikaela Shiffrin is the queen of the slalom and soon will become the undisputed # 1 of the sport for women. A Levi took home the first victory of the season and a Reindeer, prize to the winner of the slalom Lapps. "Well, who would not want to have a Reindeer her own?" - His first comment -. I remember when I was five, my favorite song was "Rudolf, the Red-Nosed Reindeer." That's why I decided to call it that. " Awards aside, his race l'' he commented as follows: "Maybe I was a little lucky'' in the first round, when I made a mistake on the wall without going out. I do not remember very well. During the second I thought only to go hard as I could. front of the gate I said to myself: "No mercy, sticks to the maximum" and I think I succeeded.'' I feel a bit relieved now, because in the season I would definitely improve a lot in the other disciplines, but one of the objectives is surely to keep my competitiveness in slalom. " Congratulations to the other ... Twitter: @ gianmilan76; @ newswintersport.
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