Shiffrin has made itself known as the slalom and storslalomspecialist after two OLYMPIC gold medals and three world CHAMPIONSHIP gold medals in the disciplines. But I was still favourite for Tuesday’s action-packed super-G race that launched this year’s world championship in Åre.
A heavily fancied teams the american managed to manage. 23-year-old threw himself out on the piste such as the 15th runner and crossed the finish line first, a mere two hundredths ahead of Sofia Goggia, Italy, who took silver.
In the morning I tried to find the speed and to believe in myself. I was not expecting this. I had a bit of luck, ” says Mikael Shiffrin to SVT.
surprised, and took the bronze in the regular contest where the start was moved down due to the weather. A mere 16 hundredths separated the victorious Shiffrin from the sixth grade Ragnhild Mowinckel, of Norway.
Swedish hope Lisa Hörnblad started as the 28th rider and went in the goal that 20, 1,93 from the podium. Shiffrins compatriot Lindsey Vonn crashed and was without result.
the Contest is in progress, but the top-seeded athletes have run, and none of the remaining – of which three Swedish skaters – to be able to threaten the Shiffrins gold or other podiums.
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the Text is updated.
