"Mikaela Shiffrin rebounded from a sluggish opening run with a fluid, attacking second to continue her domination of the women's World Cup slalom under lights in Semmering, Austria, on Sunday. It did not feel that good, said Shiffrin. I didn't expect to come down with a green light. It's been one of those days. The American, who won last year's season-ender and the first four races in this campaign, finished the first run slowly and was fourth fastest."
"On deteriorating snow she was fastest in the second run to edge Swiss skier Camille Rast by 0.09sec with Albania's Lara Colturi 0.57sec back in third. Mikaela Shiffrin was fastest in the second run to edge Swiss skier Camille Rast by 0.09sec. Photograph: Millo Moravski/Agence Zoom/Getty Images Today was hard and you can see the skiing from these women, said Shiffrin. It was a really hard day today. Tough conditions and it was a really big fight."
Mikaela Shiffrin rebounded after a sluggish opening run to win the women's World Cup slalom in Semmering under lights. She recorded the fastest second run on deteriorating snow to narrowly beat Camille Rast by 0.09sec, with Lara Colturi third, 0.57sec back. Shiffrin finished the first run fourth before delivering a fluid, attacking second run. She described the day as hard, citing tough conditions, strong competition and pressure, and said she produced the best possible run. Shiffrin now has a maximum 500 slalom points from five races and leads the overall standings with 698 points.
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