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            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
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