Skiing – Petra Vlhová today – slalom start number (Lienz) – ŠPORT.sk

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Slovak skier Petra Vlhová met her starting number in Wednesday’s slalom in Lienz, Austria. She will go into it in a good mood after the second place from the huge slalom.

The race will open with the number one Swiss Michelle Gisin, she is not doing well in slalom, she finished fifth. The Austrian will have two Katharina Liensberger, comet last season does not meet expectations yet, took sixth, eighth and fourth place. In addition, she returned after the coronavirus infection, a fight for the podium would be a surprise to her.

We’ll see the German with the three Lena Duerrova, in Levi, she finished third twice and can also attack high places in Lienz. He will be the fourth in a row Petra Vlhová, who is the ongoing leader in slalom assessment.

Out of three previous events, she has won twice and once in second place. So far, she has only been able to compete with her Mikaela Shiffrin, which, however, will not take part in the Lienz race for a positive coronavirus test. The Slovak skier is such a clear favorite.

A Swede will go after a native of Liptov Anna Swenn-Larson, has been the fifth so far. Thanks to Shiffrin ‘s absence, she also got into the top seven Martina Dubovská, The Slovak Republic representing the Czech Republic will want to attack the podium. The elite seven will be closed by the Swiss Wendy Holdener, the third from Killington.

The first round of slalom starts at 10.00, the second is on the program three hours later.

Slalom skis start numbers:

1. Michelle Gisin

2. Katharina Liensberger

3. Lena Duerrová

4. Petra Vlhová

5. Anna Swenn-Larson

6. Martina Dubovská

7. Wendy Holdener