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Beyond the ritual declarations, after the 3rd place in Flachau the queen of the white circus thus speaks to the ORF microphones. "I did my best, it wasn't enough."
Tuesday 14 January 2020 3 minutes reading time
Two consecutive slaloms without winning? It had not happened since January-February 2018, when she went out to Lenzerheide (launched towards victory) and then suffered the scorching disappointment of the 4th place in the Olympic race of PyeongChang, but if we focus only on the World Cup, we have to go back to the '' one-two between the race of the Aspen finals (March 2017) and the first slalom of the following season in Levi, with double second place behind the usual ... Petra Vlhova.
For Mikaela Shiffrin, therefore, it is certainly a new situation with which she finds herself living after the second square of Zagreb and the third of tonight in Flachau, even if the double defeat of the strongest slalomist ever coincides also with races on the slopes that perfectly fit the characteristics of the great rival.
Of course, it is not the best Shiffrin that seen in recent releases (but had previously signed a brace by author in Lienz), and the box that indicates "only" four seasonal victories is the one that most strikes, given that at the level of rankings everything is in the roadmap for the US superstar, in command with a margin towards that fourth absolute and consecutive crystal ball which can only be the first goal of this year.
Beyond the post-race ritual declarations, Mikaela let herself go a little more to the ORF microphones, admitting that she felt “a new sensation, but that I did my best to win. In fact, when I won everything and for a long time, I did it without completely believing in myself, because I'm not as confident as many people might believe. Simply, you have to work to get back in front: even tonight there are those who have been better. "
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