GURGL, Austria (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin dominated another women’s World Cup slalom Sunday as the American ski star made it two convincing wins from two races in the discipline to start the Olympic season.
Racing in sunny but cold conditions, Shiffrin posted the fastest time in both runs to finish 1.23 seconds ahead of second-placed Lara Colturi, an Italian prodigy competing for Albania.
The pair also went 1-2 in the first slalom of the season a week ago in Finland, where Shiffrin also led both runs and won by 1.66.
Slalom world champion Camille Rast of Switzerland trailed by 1.41 in third, as the podium resembled the one from last year’s race in Gurgl.
“I had to push so hard, but it was really nice with the sun on the second run,” said Shiffrin, who led Colturi by 0.31 after the openi

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