Vlhova on the throne, the challenge to Shiffrin is also launched for the general: "Scio e ... I enjoy"

The trio in Zagreb, with the slalom World Cup already very close for Petra, means 2nd place at 115 points from the eternal rival and ahead of Goggia. The words of the winner of the "Snow Queen Trophy".

Tuesday 4 January 2022 3 minutes reading time

Another special night in Zagreb, after the 2020 and 2021 editions. Petra Vlhova is truly beautiful on the Sljeme hill, even in the conditions seen today, but now the Slovak champion is an absolute guarantee among the tight posts, in any technical context. This is demonstrated by the four successes in five seasonal slaloms disputed and an increasingly red bib number ... such, with 140 lengths of margin on Mikaela Shiffrin (who perhaps broke away definitively, losing the Lienz race due to positivity), today second to half a second from the great rival but still ahead in the overall World Cup, even if Petra is now at -115 (and has overtaken Goggia, 173 pt away from the summit). Of course, Team Vlhova does not talk about an encore for the absolute crystal ball, it is evident how the focus is on specialization and quality, with the results that in slalom are nothing short of exceptional (4 wins and a second place), but the holder of the trophy is in the running, there is no doubt. “I thought about concentrating on my ski in the second heat, knowing how complicated it was with these conditions - the Slovakian told FIS microphones - We had to be careful where many girls had problems on the first wall, then let the ski go on the flat. Today it was impossible to be perfect, in Zagreb then the slalom is very long and when you have little energy there is the final wall (where Petra gained over 2 tenths of Shiffrin in the decisive heat). I'm simply happy to sit on this throne again ”. Now down with Kranjska Gora and Flachau, three more technical races in a row before deciding whether to go back to speed on the occasion of the Altenmarkt-Zauchensee weekend (15-16 January). “It's not easy to win in series, but I'm confident and in a kind of bubble of my own. I'm having fun skiing as I know, that's all ".

216

Social media engagement