Shiffrin dominates field to win World Cup slalom

4th January, 2015 by

By By ERIC WILLEMSEN
Associated Pr

ZAGREB, Croatia — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin continued her recent resurgence in slalom by convincingly winning her second straight World Cup race, leaving her rivals in awe four weeks before she defends her world title in Beaver Creek. In sunny conditions and cheered by 8,000 spectators, the Olympic champion posted the fastest time in both runs to finish in an aggregate 1 minute, 56.66 seconds and lead second-place Kathrin Zettel of Austria by 1.68 seconds, the biggest winning margin in the 10-year history of the event. “For the first time in my career, I just feel like I am in …

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