Petra Vlhová dropped in the 1st round of the giant slalom in Lenzerheide, Shiffrin has a huge chance – ŠPORT.SK

The defender of the big globe thus gave Mikaele Shiffrin a chance to increase her lead in the overall ranking of the World Championships. The American rival led the race ahead of the race with a lead of 67 points over Vlhova and in the 1st round of the “turn” she was in second place after the initial fifteen with a shortfall of 11 hundreds to the leading Swede Sara Hectorová. The third was Tessa Worley from France (+0.16).

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On Sunday, ideal sunny conditions with no wind and freezing temperatures (-8 ° C) prevailed on the slope. Despite the problem in the opening slope, Vlhová, with a starting number of 3, had a five-hundred-point lead over Shiffrin at the first time, but after about 20 seconds of driving she got too much to overturn, followed by a fall and her first drop out of this season.

Apart from the Slovaks, Marta Bassinová from Italy and Alice Robinsonová from New Zealand and the Swiss Lara Gutová-Behrami also decided not to start the 1st round.

The first round was the best for Hector, the leader of the classification of the discipline showed a smooth ride with the necessary dose of aggression and before the 2nd round (13.30) she created a close lead over Shiffrin.

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