Petra Vlhova has the longest breath

The American Paula Moltzan hardly had anyone on the bill on Thursday. No wonder: the 26-year-old has only finished in the top 10 once in the World Cup. She almost pulled off a really big coup in the parallel giant slalom in Lech/Zürs. In the all-important second final duel against Vlhova, Moltzan, who was roughly level with her opponent, slipped a few goals before the end.

Vlhova, on the other hand, proved with her third win of the season (in the fourth race) that she is in absolutely top condition. The 3-year-old had lost the first run in each round against her respective competitor and yet she still made it to the final, where she ultimately prevailed against Moltzan.

Lara Gut-Behrami came in third, having the upper hand in the small final against Sweden's Sara Hector. Brignone narrowly fails against Vlhova The two Azzurre Federica Brignone and Marta Bassino, however, were unable to qualify for the semi-finals. Bassino, who eliminated local hero Katharina Liensberger in the round of 8, lost out to Moltzan in the round of 1. Brignone initially clearly prevailed against the Austrian Franziska Gritsch. In the quarterfinals she went head-to-head with Vlhova. After the overall World Cup winner narrowly won the first run, Vlhova narrowly retained the upper hand in the second duel with a strong finish (she was 2 hundredths of a second faster).

Bassino and Brignone took 5th and 7th place after ultimately prevailing in the placement duels against the Norwegian Louise Stjernesund and the Austrian Elisa Mörzinger, respectively. The parallel race on Thursday was overshadowed by the death of Valerio Ghirardi, who was one of the most successful trainers in the ski circus in the last 30 years ( SportNews berichtete ).

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Petra Vlhova has the longest breath

Petra Vlhova won the women's parallel giant slalom in Lech/Zürs. The Slovakian prevailed against a surprise lady in the decisive final run.

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