Eva-Maria Brem of Austria, Lindsey Vonn of the USA and Federica Brignone of Italy pose on the podium with a man dressed as Father Christmas after the women’s World Cup giant slalom in Are.
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Lindsey Vonn led the opening run of a World Cup giant slalom in Are, Sweden, on Saturday while American teammate Mikaela Shiffrin missed the race following a warmup crash.
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VAL D’ISERE, France – Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway easily protected his lead from the first run to win the opening World Cup slalom race of the season on Sunday, beating Marcel Hirscher of Austria by 1.09 seconds and taking the first round in what promises to be a fascinating contest for the overall slalom title.
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Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova celebrates after winning a women’s World Cup slalom in Are, Sweden, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015. She broke the previous women’s record of 62 wins set by Austrian great Annemarie Moser-Proell last season and now is taking aim at Ingemark Stenmark’s overall mark of 86 victories.
She was taken for medical examination, with attention on her right knee. This was the fourth straight win for Vonn, having taken three speed races last weekend in Lake Louise, Alberta.
The remaining races for this year consist of one downhill, one super-combined, three giants and two slaloms.
Vonn, who does not compete in the slalom, is 85 points better off than Hansdotter on the overall leaderboard. “On the second run, I knew that Marcel had skied really fast and that I had to push it”. “It’s basically just going off confidence”.
Ten days later, she crashed at the World Championships, causing the first of two major knee surgeries that forced her out of the Sochi Olympics. Injuries to Shiffrin and Swedish technical skier Sara Hector on Saturday concerned Vonn.
“I love racing here in Are under the lights”, Vonn said.
“This is a serious injury with a long rehab process and Sara will need to undergo surgery in the next few days”, said national team doctor Per Liljeholm.
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“I feel really good on my skis and balanced”.
