Petra, what a joy: "Winning is so fundamental for my trust. Success for Gigi Parravicini"

Che Vlhova in Zagreb, in triumph in slalom one year after the pearl of Flachau. And the dedication is all for the injured skiman, the pivot of an Italian staff who brought her back to life after the problems at the start of the season.

Saturday 4 January 2020 3 minutes reading time

It is a victory with an incalculable weight, as she admitted to the FIS home microphones at the end of the race. Petra Vlhova literally dominated the Zagreb slalom, signing the No. 11 victory in the World Cup, the sixth in the specialty and the second of the season after the parallel of Sankt Moritz, removing the crown of Sljeme queen to the eternal, great rival Mikaela Shiffrin who was looking for the fifth pearl in Croatia today (to finally detach Marlies Schild as she stops at four) and had to settle for second place. With 1 â€31 on the US, the Slovakian champion gave an extraordinary show of strength; interrupted the Mikaela streak, which lasted from 8 January 2019 when, on the night of Flachau, Vlhova herself had adjusted it (the two won the last 24 slalom of CdM) before the last six slalom they were all 24-year-old from Eagle. And behind this authentic triumph, which among other things brings the giant champion to second place in the general cup standings in front of Federica Brignone, there is the enormous work of her Italian staff led by Livio Magoni, who brought her back up after a very hard start to the season, due to the problems in the tibia of her right leg. Petra's dedication is all for a man of his staff: â€œYes, it is for my skiman Gigi Parravicini who has been injured in the past few days - he explains - Since this morning I have felt the right sensations, but winning in this way is fundamental because you all know how difficult it is to beat Mikaela. The second round at all? I knew I couldn't manage anything and had to take risks, I gave everything and the feeling was good after the excellent first heat, even if the track I found was obviously quite different. It's a fantastic result, I'm too happy. "

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