Shiffrin Wins Killington Slalom

Faizan Hashmi Published November 26, 2018 | 03:45 AM

Killington, United States, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th Nov, 2018 ) :US star Mikaela Shiffrin continued her hot streak with a storming second run to capture her third straight World Cup women's slalom race at Killington on Sunday.

Shiffrin, the reigning overall World Cup champion, was first in the opening run and clocked a combined time of 1min 43.25sec to easily beat runner up Petra Vlhova of Slovakia.

Vlhova finished in 1:43.82 while Sweden's Frida Hansdotter completed the podium with a time of 1:44.33.

Austria's Bernadette Schild was fourth in 1:44.66 while Michelle Gisin of Switzerland rounded out the top five in 1:45.18.

The 23-year-old Shiffrin came into Sunday's slalom race as the heavy favourite after winning the last two years.

She won the first leg with a time of 52.49.

Shiffrin rebounded from a disappointing showing in Saturday's giant slalom when she was upstaged by Italy's Federica Brignone.

Brignone rallied to win the race in a time of 1:51.33 while Shiffrin just missed out on a podium spot, finishing 0.99sec behind in fourth.

Lindsey Vonn did not race in Killington and has yet to hit the slopes in her farewell season.

Vonn suffered a setback to the start of her 2018-19 season when she crashed during training Monday at Copper Mountain and she will not race at next weekend's speed races at Lake Louise, Alberta.