Alpine Skiingwomen's world cup
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The American champion trained in "Little Tibet", before the assault on the two technical competitions of the finals in which she will go hunting for her seventh slalom cup. Livio Magoni, Slovakian coach: "You can't go wrong, I went on the safe side by choosing No. 17 for Petra".
Wednesday 17 March 2021 5 minutes reading time
They will compete on Saturday in a slalom that will decide everything with a view to specialty cup, but above all it could close the games for the general.
Mikaela Shiffrin and Petra Vlhova are preparing the World Cup finals in a very different way. The American trained in Livigno these days, not having the need to compete in the fast races of Lenzerheide, also avoiding the stress of cancellations that arrived on time, since she decided also in this case to participate only in the two technical tests of the weekend. Today Mikaela left Valtellina to head towards the Swiss town, where she will aim for the expected 70th victory in the maximum circuit, but above all for the seventh crystal ball in slalom, where she will have the obligation to win by inserting an athlete among her and the Slovakian (there are 37 points that divide them, with Liensberger herself ahead of Shiffrin by 15 points). The last time between the tight posts in Lenzerheide went badly, with a sensational exit 7-8 gates from the end of the 2nd heat, when success seemed to be done and it was Vlhova who took advantage of it.
Petra, on the other hand, went directly to the site of these finals after the away match from Are, as she would have competed in trials and descents from Monday to today. Today's cancellation is obviously excellent news for the champion of Liptovsky Mikulas, ready to bring Slovakia into history with an absolute World Cup ever closer, given that the margin points on Lara Gut-Behrami are 96 in three races from the end, one of which without the Ticino to the start which is the slalom.
Livio Magoni, deus ex machina of Team Vlhova, however, does not want to let his guard down and warns: "The super-g will be the key race (if Petra were to finish even in front of the rival, in fact the challenge would have already ended even before the slalom and giant), we must not go wrong - the words of the Bergamo technician - I went on the safe side, choosing number 17: we could have better visibility, we will have more time for warm-up in addition to references via radio.
Unfortunately Balda (Matteo Baldissarutti, one of the key men of the Italian-Slovak team, ed.) Had to return home due to family problems, Matej and I remain on the track for these three races ”. To write a page of history, however, there is very little and only the last great effort by a small great team.
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