Lena Dürr narrowly missed out on placing in the top 3 at the World Cup slalom in Levi, Finland. Mikaela Shiffrin won. Andrea Filser achieved the best result of her career.
Dürr, 31, was 0.97 seconds behind the winner Mikaela Shiffrin (1:52:21 minutes) after the final run on Sunday (November 20, 2022). Second was Wendy Holdener from Switzerland (1:52:49 minutes).
After the first round, Dürr was still second, but the second round just isn’t hers. You could see that last season when she was first in three races after round one but never won.
Or on Saturday (11/19/2022), the first day in Levi, Finland. Dürr was in the lead there after the first run, too, finishing fourth in the end. And now, on the second day, fourth place again.
Filser gets the best World Cup result of her career
Apart from Dürr, only Andrea Filser took part in the final run from the German starters. Filser, 29, started seventh – and she drove well, really well. She was then also in front, only other drivers came after her. And they drove even better.
In the end, Filser was thirteenth, it’s her best World Cup result ever. So she secured half the World Cup standard. She is still missing a top 15 placement for the winter highlight in February in France.
Jessica Hilzinger, Emma Aicher, Marlene Schmotz and Lara Klein missed the final of the top 30.
Shiffrin is catching up on the leaderboard
Winner Shiffrin, 27, is getting closer to Lindsey Vonn’s all-time record with her 76th World Cup win. Shiffrin is still missing six World Cup victories to draw level with her compatriot in the all-time list of the best.