""It's for sure a good feeling, it was so nice to race today. I felt really strong on both runs," said Shiffrin, adding she didn't want to be too cautious in protecting her big lead. "I was just feeling like: 'Oh, don't mess it up, like it would be embarrassing, kind of.' But then, in the end, if you are pushing as hard as you can, you can't mess it up.""
""This was the best run I could do, that was kind of perfect," Shiffrin said after the opening run, calling it "a wonderful feeling" to replicate some of her best skiing from training. "The whole summer prep I was focusing really a lot on giant slalom, so I didn't get so many slalom days," said the American, who placed fourth in the GS in October. "But then when I did train slalom, it was really important to be max"
Mikaela Shiffrin dominated the World Cup slalom in Levi, Finland, extending her career win total to 102 with a 1.66-second victory. She built a commanding first-run lead of more than a second and posted the fastest time in the final run. Lara Colturi finished second, matching her career-best result on her 19th birthday. Emma Aicher earned her first technical-race podium in third. Paula Moltzan recovered from 19th after the opening run to finish fourth, tied with Lena Duerr. Shiffrin and Moltzan hold the top two positions in the overall standings after two races.
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