Wendy Holdener has developed a taste for it

Wendy Holdener had to be 29 years old to celebrate her first Slalom World Cup victory. At the end of November she achieved this feat in Killington (USA). , having previously raced to the podium 30 times but never been able to achieve that darn first place. Now the Swiss has probably gotten a taste for it, because on Sunday she followed up in Sestriere and celebrated her second slalom victory. “I’m just overjoyed that it worked again,” said the owner on television.

Holdener showed a really strong race. At half time she was already close to first place, i.e. only 1 hundredths of a second behind the leader Petra Vlhova. While the Swiss stayed cool in the decision and pulled off another magical run, the Slovakian showed nerves and fell back to third place. As a result, Vlhova still has to wait for her first win of the season. Second place went to Mikaela Shiffrin, who also has to wait for her 24th slalom triumph of her career.

Tschurtschenthaler collects World Cup points for the first time Italy's slalom women, however, missed a top result. Lara Della Mea had a good chance in ninth place after the first run, but she fell back to 19th place after a botched second run. This made her the best Azzurra, one place ahead of Vera Tschurtschenthaler.

For the Sesto native, 20th place is a great sense of achievement: the 25-year-old has collected World Cup points for the first time in her career. After the first round in 25th place, the Puster native gained five places in the decision. Curious: Tschurtschenthaler shares 20th place with the French women Clarisse Breche and Marie Lamure and the Swiss Nicole Good. Everyone reached the finish at the same time.

However, Tschurtschenthaler is not the only South Tyrolean slalom hopeful who caused a stir on Sunday. In Val-d'Isére, Tobias Kastlunger caused a big surprise. The next women's slalom will not take place until December 29th in Semmering.

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Wendy Holdener has developed a taste for it

In recent years, slalom has been the domain of Mikaela Shiffrin and Petra Vlhova. But now the Swiss Wendy Holdener is really blossoming. A South Tyrolean woman was also able to cheer while dancing through the forest of poles in Sestriere.

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