Sara Hector was second after the first run of the traditional Alpine World Cup giant slalom opener in Sölden. But the Swede struggled in the second run as snow began to fall and had to settle for fourth place. American Paula Moltzan won.
SportsIn yesterday's downhill race, she came close to a podium finish when the World Cup restarted after the Olympics. In the Super-G competition in Soldeu, Andorra, no one could stop the Sundsvall-born 22-year-old.
SportsEmma Aicher was close to another podium finish when the World Cup restarted after the Olympics, but the 22-year-old from Sundsvall was a few tenths of a second short of the podium, finishing fourth in the downhill in Andorra.
SportsTwo silvers in Cortina and dominance in the World Cup this winter. No wonder this has become a big talking point at the Olympics: Why is Emma Aicher from Sundsvall competing for Germany? "It was a very brave thing to do," says Kira Weidle-Winkelmann.
SportsWe could have had a Swedish Olympic medalist in the downhill. Emma Aicher, who was raised in Sundsvall, took silver for Germany.
SportsLindsey Vonn was forced to miss the final competition before the Olympics - the super-G in Crans-Montana - after a crash in Friday's downhill race.
SportsThe giant slalom team is facing a difficult task ahead. In Cortina, Sara Hector will try to defend her 2022 Olympic gold. There is a little more to work on in slalom, but as a unit the Swedes showed Olympic form in the dress rehearsal.
SportsMikaela Shiffrin is to slalom what Sandra Näslund is to ski cross. So far into the season, impossible to beat. The American took her fourth straight slalom victory in the World Cup this winter when she won under the floodlights in Courchevel. I just keep going. I don't ask any questions, she says.
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