SESTRIERE, Italy — Mikaela Shiffrin will not be but aggressive in her tentative return to racing in large slaloms. Federica Brignone is presently near unbeatable.
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In simply her second GS race Saturday three months after a critical crash, Shiffrin didn’t qualify for a second run for the primary time since 2012 by putting exterior the highest 30.
Shiffrin completed 2.50 seconds off the first-run lead set by Alice Robinson with greater than 30 sooner racers forward of her who advance to the second run within the afternoon.
Shiffrin had completed twenty fifth in Brignone’s victory Friday in her first large slalom since struggling extreme trauma to her indirect muscle mass and a deep puncture wound throughout a GS crash in Killington, Vermont in November when she was nearby of a a centesimal profession win.
Brignone made it back-to-back wins on dwelling snow Saturday, 9 days after taking gold in large slalom on the world championships in Saalbach, Austria.
The 34-year-old Italian was distinctive within the second run to increase her lead within the general World Cup standings in pursuit of a second profession title.
“I felt the gang everywhere in the slope cheering for me. It was an unimaginable feeling,” mentioned Brignone, who now has 16 profession wins in World Cup large slaloms.
Brignone completed 0.77 forward of Lara Intestine-Behrami, who fell additional behind in second place within the general standings. Worlds silver medalist Robinson ended third, 0.79 behind Brignone, although nonetheless leads the season-long large slalom standings.
Shiffrin has a report 22 profession World Cup wins in large slalom, plus gold medals on the 2018 Olympics and 2023 worlds, but raced cautiously Saturday and wore an expression of resignation on seeing her time. The 14 earlier top-ranked racers had all been between 1.4 and a couple of.5 seconds sooner.
The earlier race that Shiffrin accomplished a primary run in slalom or large slalom exterior the top-30 occasions was in October 2012 on the season-opening GS at Soelden, Austria. Then, a 17-year-old Shiffrin sporting bib No. 41 had the thirty first quickest time.
Shiffrin’s lack of current racing meant on Saturday the bib quantity 15 she wore was the best in a World Cup large slalom for greater than eight years. She received that December 2016 race sporting No. 15 at Semmering, Austria.
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