by admin | Jan 23, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova, who is Mikaela Shiffrin’s long-term rival in slalom, was ruled out for the rest of the World Cup season after suffering a knee injury Saturday during the first run of a women’s World Cup giant slalom close to her hometown....
by admin | Jan 9, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Slovakian skier Petra Vlhová held on to her first-run lead to win a women’s World Cup slalom Sunday after Mikaela Shiffrin failed to finish the opening leg. Racing in falling snow, Vlhova finished 0.72 seconds ahead of runner-up Lena Duerr of Germany. Read...
by admin | Dec 25, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Olympic gold medalist Petra Vlhova of Slovakia overtook Mikaela Shiffrin to win a World Cup slalom in Courchevel, France, on Thursday. Vlhova earned her 30th World Cup win (21st in slalom) by 24 hundredths over Shiffrin combining times from two runs under a mix of...
by admin | Mar 17, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Mikaela Shiffrin won skiing’s overall World Cup title for the fourth time Thursday, fueled by speed races that turned her expected duel with Petra Vlhová into a runaway success. Shiffrin finished second in the super-G at the World Cup finals — one day...
by admin | Jan 12, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Mikaela Shiffrin won the last women’s World Cup slalom before the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday, while her Slovakian rival Petra Vlhova locked up the season title in the discipline. Racing on the challenging Planai course, the American improved from fifth place,...
by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Petra Vlhova cemented her status as the leading female slalom skier of the season with her fifth win in six races Sunday with just a month to go before the Olympic race in Beijing. The overall World Cup champion from Slovakia won the penultimate slalom before the...
by admin | Jan 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Only her Slovakian rival Petra Vlhova remained out of reach. Otherwise, Mikaela Shiffrin had a satisfying return to competition at a floodlit slalom Tuesday after testing positive for COVID-19 and missing two races last week. The American trailed winner Vlhova by...
by admin | Dec 14, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova will stick to her reduced World Cup schedule this season, making it unlikely she’ll become a threat to Mikaela Shiffrin’s bid for the overall title. Initially a slalom specialist, Vlhova became the first overall champion from Slovakia...
by admin | Nov 29, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The most enduring athletic careers are typically defined by a rivalry with an opponent of comparable talent or skill. Think Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. The American ski racing wunderkind Mikaela...
by admin | Nov 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Reigning World Cup overall champion Petra Vlhova set the pace in the first run of the World Cup slalom in Killington, Vermont, on Sunday, two-tenths of a second in front of home hope Mikaela Shiffrin. Slovakia’s Vlhova, who edged Shiffrin in two slaloms in Levi...
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