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Vlhova's masterpiece in the giant a stone's throw from home: in the Are slalom operation against overtaking on Gut-Behrami, now ahead of only 36 points. Robinson finds the podium, Shiffrin as well even if ...
Sunday 7 March 2021 5 minutes reading time
An absolute champion reaction, when everyone (or almost) gave her up for defeat by an unleashed Lara Gut-Behrami, after exiting Cortina 2021 without gold medals around her neck, even if the two silvers in combined and slalom were certainly not to be thrown away.
Petra Vlhova has put together two fairytale races in her Jasna, on the "Lukova 2" where she grew up as a child, she was born less than 15 km from the track that gave her, this weekend, 180 decisive points in the race to the big dream, or rather the goal since the beginning of the season, that of the absolute World Cup.
Today in the giant, Petra has really surpassed herself if we think of the difficulties she had between the wide doors from Courchevel onwards, always far from the podium as well as the World Championship. A pearl, the 19th ever in the cup, the fifth of his career in the discipline (where he did not win from Sestriere, 14 months ago when he triumphed ex aequo with Brignone, ed), which means -36 from Lara Gut-Behrami and the role of favorite who returns to his side, if we think that now there are two slaloms in series, next Friday and Saturday, in Are before the finals in Lenzerheide.
"It is not easy for me to speak at the moment - said Vlhova moved to the FIS microphones immediately after Jasna's race - It is a special success for many reasons, the first time here at home and after the last giant races. where I was not in front, I had a small crisis in this specialty. I came here to train (also remedying a fracture of teeth and jaw in training last week before the fast races in Val di Fassa), I recharged my batteries mentally and winning here is a dream ".
Alice Robinson was beaten for only 16 cents, after putting down an extraordinary second heat, from ... Alice of the old days, the one that had never been seen this season. "I am very happy, I was finally able to express myself as I wanted - said the 19-year-old New Zealander - It's a beautiful 2nd place, that's okay for today".
Mikaela Shiffrin, in the lead after the 1st heat with 16 cents on Vlhova, in the end had to settle for returning to the giant podium, which she was unable to achieve in the cup since her success in race number 2 in Courchevel. “In the second it was tougher, but I knew there would be a struggle. After yesterday's victory it's a nice podium, I certainly can't leave Jasna disappointed, quite the contrary ”.
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