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SPORTS Saturday 10 March 2018

SHIFFRIN by winning the first five rac-
Continued from Page 17 es of 2018.
"That's really exciting, for However, she failed to
sure. It's hard to explain that win another race after tri-
feeling really," said Shiffrin, umphing at a night sla-
who holds a 603-point lead lom in Flachau, Austria. A
over Holdener in the overall dip in form during her last
standings with only Satur- five races before the Py-
day's slalom and four races eongchang Olympics saw
at next week's World Cup her failing to finish three
finals in Sweden remaining. times and placing seventh
"The best thing for me now twice.
is to have the crystal globe In South Korea, she won
already locked in," she Olympic gold in the gi-
said. "I can really just enjoy ant slalom and silver in
the last races and not have the combined event, but
to fight for points to win the missed out on a medal in
globe." her strongest discipline, the
Shiffrin is the second Ameri- slalom. She vomited before
can female skier to win mul- the start and later said that
tiple overall titles. Lindsey nerves played a role. United States' Mikaela Shiffrin speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup
giant slalom, in Ofterschwang, Germany, Friday, March 9, 2018.
Vonn won the sport's most "I had goals for the slalom Associated Press
coveted prize four times. and GS globes, the over-
Friday's result came exactly all globe, Olympic med- month but called her first Tessa Worley of France by race of the season on Sat-
two months after Shiffrin's als," Shiffrin said Friday. "My career World Cup win "the 92 points in the discipline urday.
last victory in a World Cup next biggest goal was to best feeling there is." standings. "For sure I have a big lead,"
race. be strong for the end of the "I've worked hard for this a Friday's result stretched Re- Shiffrin said. "But nothing is
She racked up a personal season." really long time," Mowinck- bensburg's lead over Shif- impossible so I am going to
best 10 World Cup wins this In her first race after the el said. "I knew my skiing frin to 101 points, leaving stay focused."
season, but they all came Olympics, Shiffrin was fourth was solid." the American out of con- Friday's race was inter-
in a relatively short 46-day after the opening run but Viktoria Rebensburg of tention for the GS title. rupted after Tina Robnik
spell between Nov. 25 and improved a spot to third, Germany finished 0.66 be- However, Shiffrin could add crashed and had to be
Jan. 9. 0.74 seconds behind Mow- hind in second and closed another discipline globe taken off the hill on a sled
She was a clear favorite inckel. in on the season title in the this weekend, holding a with an apparent knee inju-
to successfully defend her The Norwegian won Olym- discipline. With one race 175-point lead over Petra ry. There was no immediate
maiden overall title since pic silver medals in both gi- remaining, she leads world Vlhova of Slovakia going update on the Slovenian
setting a World Cup record ant slalom and downhill last giant slalom champion into the penultimate slalom skier's condition.q
Speedskaters go for Allround worlds on open-air oval

By MIKE CORDER ter champion from Py- ed the ice.
AMSTERDAM (AP) — A eongchang, is the three- "It's outdoor skating, and
week ago, Amsterdam resi- time defending men's that means dealing with
dents and visiting tourists champion and is looking the weather," Wust told na-
were walking and skating to win his 10th title. Py- tional broadcaster NOS.
along frozen canals in the eongchang 1,500-meter Wust dealt with the condi-
Dutch capital. gold medal winner and tions better in the 3,000-me-
On Friday, elite speedskat- defending champion Ireen ter race, winning in 4 min-
ers were doing laps of a Wust was aiming for her utes, 15.80 seconds to
man-made outdoor track seventh title. move up to second in the
in streaming rain in the city's But she got off to a bad overall standings, behind
Olympic Stadium. start in the 500 meters on a Takagi. Takagi was nearly
For the first time since 2001, rainy night, trailing in ninth four seconds slower than
the three-day speedskating place, 1.8 seconds behind Wust in the 3,000, with
Allround World Champion- winner Miho Takagi, who Martina Sablikova finishing
ships are being held on an crossed the line in 39.01 third. The championships Raindrops sit on the glasses of Ireen Wust of The Netherlands as
she competes during the women's 500 meters race at the World
outdoor track, a temporary seconds. Gabriele Hirsch- are a test of skaters' all- Championships Speedskating Allround in the Olympic stadium
oval at the stadium which bichler of Germany was round prowess, with races in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, March 9, 2018.
hosted the 1928 Summer second and Ayaka Kikuchi over 500, 1,500, 3,000 and Associated Press
Olympics. finished third. 5,000 meters for women
The Dutch were expected Takagi skated in the sec- and 500, 1,500, 5,000 and only ones challenged by Saturday with the 1,500
to dominate. Sven Kramer, ond pair and Wust in the 10,000 meters for men. the conditions. The wom- and 5,000, while the men
the Olympic 5,000-me- last, after rain had degrad- The skaters were not the en's championship finishes skate the 500 and 5,000.q