As for Strolz, he placed 13th in the downhill — very good for a slalom specialist like him — and he followed that effort with a terrific
first slalom run.
At the end of
the first slalom run he was in fifth place, almost two seconds behind Germany's 18 - year - old Willy Bogner.
Not exact matches
On Sunday, Miller missed a gate and failed to qualify for a second
run in the
slalom, while much - buzzed - about 21 - year - old U.S. teammate Ted Ligety finished third, reaching the
first World Cup podium of his career.
It was snowing heavily when the skiers trooped slowly up the
first of the two
slalom courses they would
run, inspecting the gates.
Girardelli and Mader fell early in the downhill portion, and Accola fouled up in the
first run of the
slalom.
On the night of Feb. 21 in the Caucasus Mountains, Shiffrin took a commanding lead in the
first run of the two -
run Olympic
slalom.
She had won eight World Cup
slalom races in 14 months, more than any other racer, and she skied with graceful professionalism on her
first run to take a.49 of a second lead over defending gold medalist Hoefl - Riesch.
Slippers prepare the ski course before the
first run of the women's giant
slalom.