World Cup – skiing: Petra Vlhová today – super-G – reaction – ŠPORT.sk

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Petra Vlhová took 18th place in Sunday’s super-giant slalom in the World Cup of downhill skiers in Zauchensee, Austria, and scored 13 points in the overall standings for the big globe. The Italian Federica Brignone won, only four hundredths of a second behind the Swiss Corinne Suter.

American Mikaela Shiffrin continues to lead the World Cup with 966 points. Her lead over the second Vlhova shrunk to a difference of 37 points.

Vlhová, who started fourth in the order, was the fastest in the second split, but the technical passage in the lower part of the track did not turn out as planned. “It’s a good result, but I’m very angry, because at the point where it’s coming out of the forest, on a slight level in the drive-up to the last section, I made a huge mistake and lost a lot of time there. That mistake cost me a lot,” admitted 26-year-old Liptáček at the RTVS microphone.

Nevertheless, her participation in Zauchensee, where she presented herself in Saturday’s congress and Sunday’s super G, is positive with a view to the Beijing Olympics. “I think it served the purpose we went here for. I didn’t do well for a long time, I had good split times, but then if I make such a mistake, it’ll freeze.” added a slalom globe holder.

Before the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing, China, stops are scheduled in the World Cup calendar in the Italian resorts of Cortina d’Ampezzo and Kronplatz, as well as in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Vlhová admitted that she does not travel to all locations. “We won’t go to Garmish and see what happens to Cortina.”

The three-time winner of the Athlete of the Year poll, she revealed that she will fly to Beijing on January 30. When asked in which disciplines she will present under five circles, she replied that she would like to compete in technical disciplines and combinations. “I don’t think we’ll go downhill and we’ll see Super G yet. But that’s not an open topic in our team yet.”