Petra Vlhová fights for the first places: Online broadcast from the 2nd round of the giant slalom in Courchevel – Športky.sk

COURCHEVEL – Slovak skier Petra Vlhová was in fifth place after the 1st round of Wednesday’s huge World Cup slalom. In Courchevel, France, it was 59 hundredths of a second behind Sweden’s leading Sara Hector. Tessa Worley (+0.11 s) was home second, the third place belonged to the winner of Tuesday’s “image” American Mikaele Shiffrin (+0.34).

As in Tuesday, the 26-year-old Slovak national team opened the race with start number 1. From the beginning – except for a slight hesitation after the first split – she kept the line and set competitive split times. In the closed gates, she pushed the skis a little harder and released the arch late, but picked up high speed at the bottom.

Her American rival Shiffrin did not escape the hesitations either, the leader of the World Championships went to some gates too directly and her current third position belonged to her. The first round was the best for Hector, the Swede was in the green numbers from the first split time and took the lead before the second round (13.00). “I was at a much better pace today than yesterday. I’m glad I managed to drive a pretty solid first round. Anything can happen in the second round, the distances are tight.” Hector said. The Italian Marta Bassinová, who was fourth with a deficit of 0.39 s, was also ahead of Vlhová

In Tuesday’s first huge slalom in Courchevel, Vlhová finished fourth. Wednesday’s “defender” as a replacement for the canceled race in the American Killington.