The American Mikaela Shiffrin celebrated her 78th World Cup victory in the giant slalom in Semmering. The competition had to line up behind them.
In bright sunshine, the first giant slalom at the World Cup stop in Semmering, Austria, took place on Tuesday (December 27th, 2022).
In the first run, all-rounder Mikaela Shiffrin had already set the target time with ease. At the alternative date for the canceled race in Sölden, the American showed once again that she can not only outperform the competition in slalom. In the final, too, the 27-year-old left no doubt that she wanted to celebrate her 78th World Cup victory on the Zauberberg. Shiffrin’s total time of 2:07.18 minutes could not be topped by the competition. For the technical specialist it was already the fourth success in the young season.
Vlhova second ahead of Bassino
Although Petra Vlhova was not able to overtake her permanent rival, she was able to defend her place on the podium from the first round. The Slovakian (+0.13 sec.) celebrated second place behind the American.
Only in third place did the order change. Marta Bassino (+0.31), the winner of Sestriere, passed France’s Tessa Worley with a strong second run to complete the podium.
Co-favorite Lara Gut-Behrami, who was able to win the first race in Killington, finished seventh behind Federica Brignone (ITA) and Ragnhild Mowinckel (NOR).
DSV starters miss the top 30
For the DSV starters, on the other hand, the race was disappointing: Andrea Filser clearly missed the top 30 on the slowing slope. Team colleague Jessica Hilzinger drove past a gate and thus also missed the final round.