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Shiffrin wins GS for 3rd straight World Cup victory in 2018
Italian Sofia Goggia third 0.91 behind
06 January, 15:30
(ANSA) - KRANJSKA GORA - American Mikaela Shiffrin won a
women's World Cup giant slalom Saturday to stretch her winning
streak for 2018 to three races.
Shiffrin is the first female skier with three straight wins at the start of a year since Vreni Schneider of Switzerland achieved the feat in 1989.
Shiffrin, who was suffering from a cold, lost more than half a second of a big first-run lead but still beat world GS champion Tessa Worley of France by 0.31 seconds. Sofia Goggia of Italy was 0.91 behind in third, followed by three more racers all within one second of Shiffrin's winning time. (ANSA).
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Shiffrin is the first female skier with three straight wins at the start of a year since Vreni Schneider of Switzerland achieved the feat in 1989.
Shiffrin, who was suffering from a cold, lost more than half a second of a big first-run lead but still beat world GS champion Tessa Worley of France by 0.31 seconds. Sofia Goggia of Italy was 0.91 behind in third, followed by three more racers all within one second of Shiffrin's winning time. (ANSA).
