Alpine Skiing 2016 - 2017 Discussion Thread

[hckošice 16,641]

Shiffrin wins by over one second in Sestriere slalom

 

Another tight ladies' race seemed to be developing during the slalom in Sestriere, Italy, on Sunday, but Mikaela Shiffrin turned on the jets to ultimately claim victory by over one second. After leading the first run by 0.12 seconds over Veronika Velez Zuzulova and 0.30 seconds over Frida Hansdotter, the American focused on having fun in the second run and it paid off with a 1.09 margin of victory over the Slovakian.

 

"It was not perfect, that’s for sure," Shiffrin said of her first run. "I was pretty stiff, so I was a little bit bummed with my skiing. But I have another run, so we’ll see what happens."

 

On the second run, she held nothing back and crossed the finish line with obvious happiness, first punching both fists down and then one across her body with a smile to mark her 23rd career victory and her sixth straight in slalom. 

 

"I took some free runs before second run and tried to find a solid feeling that I could rely on. And then when I went out of the gate second run, I just tried to make speed on every gate and never let up, and that mentality helped me a lot," she reflected. 

 

Wendy Holdener of Switzerland, who sat fifth after first run, fought hard in the second run to move onto the podium in third, 1.21 seconds off the winning pace. Hansdotter finished the day a close fourth, just 0.08 shy of the podium. 

 

“I had some troubles in the course, so I’m happy that I fought for the podium. But I could do it better,” Holdener said as she continues to hunt down her first victory in slalom. 

 

Tour veteran Velez Zuzulova was pleased to finish on the podium after she lost time in the second run, but she has her eyes set on a victory this season. 

 

"Second run I had a really good start, but on the lower part, I think I was too straight and there was a little bit more terrain than I was expecting, so I lost a lot of time," she noted. "I will go back to training and I will push it even harder and ... I will try to catch [Mikaela]. I can't be happy to always be second, so for sure I want more and I will push for that." 

 

The ladies' tour moves onto Val d'Isere, France, for alpine combined, downhill, and super-G next week.

 

 

Full Results Here

 

Mikaela Shiffrin 2nd Run

 

Velez Zuzulová 2nd Run

 

[ziomkris1 13]

Guess who's back 

[heywoodu 16,468]

8 hours ago, ziomkris1 said:

Guess who's back 

The man with YouTube videos of every crash

[ziomkris1 13]

Haha, right  
But I must told you that this year is gonna be very very hard to do that.
My best source for skiing change their geo-block stuff and I can't watch it on VLC or any other alone video programme on PC. I can on web using other VPN, that's all. That's why I decided to buy Eurosport Player for 4-month subscribe option. 10 Euros wasn't that expensive for that.

To sum up, I'm here to sometimes talk about events and maybe someday somehow I will upload videos. 

So anyway... IT'S VAL GARDENA TIME!! Wohoo! And I'm so happy that speed events from Lake Louise will be at Santa Caterina! <3 But man...Santa Caterina Super G...I need to see how it looks

[heywoodu 16,468]

20 minutes ago, ziomkris1 said:

Haha, right  
But I must told you that this year is gonna be very very hard to do that.
My best source for skiing change their geo-block stuff and I can't watch it on VLC or any other alone video programme on PC. I can on web using other VPN, that's all. That's why I decided to buy Eurosport Player for 4-month subscribe option. 10 Euros wasn't that expensive for that.

To sum up, I'm here to sometimes talk about events and maybe someday somehow I will upload videos. 

So anyway... IT'S VAL GARDENA TIME!! Wohoo! And I'm so happy that speed events from Lake Louise will be at Santa Caterina! <3 But man...Santa Caterina Super G...I need to see how it looks

Eurosport Player is always a good thing to have anyway  

[ziomkris1 13]

For sure! I love when I can hear natural sounds of crowd and snow. It's so cool! Shame that they can't show Kitzbuhel events

[ziomkris1 13]

Big fall for Romane Miradoli in trainings!

[ziomkris1 13]

Anouk Bessy also crashes hard here...  

[ziomkris1 13]

Val'd'Isere(FRA) - Ladies' Downhill Training
Val Gardena(ITA) - Men's Downhill Training

Val'd'Isere:

MIRADOLI Romane crashes hard into netting after jump

BESSY Anouk is another victim also in a scary looking fall

Val Gardena:

SPORN Andrej is the first one to fall

COOK Dustin also had problems

 

[heywoodu 16,468]

Damn, those women's falls