In the thriller of Spindlermühle, Shiffrin fell 0.06 seconds behind Dürr and had to be content with second place.
Third place went to Croatian Zrinka Ljutic. The 19-year-old stood on the World Cup podium for the first time in her career.
“It took a while before I got my first win. It’s crazy that it worked out today,” explained Dürr after the race.
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“It’s crazy that I made it today of all days,” said Dürr, after all everything was set for Shiffrin’s historic triumph. But it was the 31-year-old from Munich who jumped onto the highest step of a slalom podium for the first time on Sunday in Spindlermühle/Czech Republic with a cry of joy. The American, who won the first race the day before ahead of Dürr, still has to wait a bit for her 86th World Cup success.
“That’s a number and very, very worthy of recognition,” said DSV Alpine boss Wolfgang Maier, impressed, “it was a top weekend for Lena. Then to beat Shiffrin in the open field – I’ve always said it, and that too I stand: I would never have believed her capable of that.”
Dürr himself very well. “We knew it was possible,” she emphasized, “but I never would have thought that it would work today.” Shiffrin’s lead (0.67 seconds) before the final was too big. “I gave everything,” said Dürr, “and it was enough.” And by almost 0.06 seconds, exactly ten years to the day after her only World Cup success so far at the City Event in Moscow in 2013.
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When her coup was complete, she seemingly calmly unbuckled her skis, then accepted congratulations from the competition and her teammates. “It’s so cool that it worked,” said Dürr at the foot of the Giant Mountains. After all, it “took a while”, she admitted with a smile after her 189th race.
When Maria Höfl-Riesch won the last German slalom in November 2012 in Levi, Dürr missed the final. After a few screwed up years, many observers considered her to be an eternal talent before finally fulfilling the promise that experts had seen in her early on with four podium finishes last season.
At the Olympics, Dürr missed out on a medal as the leader of the first run, dramatically by a tiny 0.07 seconds. But she recovered quickly and was fourth twice right at the beginning of the World Cup winter. She has had three podium finishes since the end of December – and now, in the last race before the World Championships in Meribel/Courchevel (February 5th to 19th), her first victory.
Shiffrin still makes history
Shiffrin’s performance on Sunday still meant a record despite missing the Stenmark record. For the seventh time, the 27-year-old bagged the small crystal ball in the slalom. She previously shared this record with Vreni Schneider.
In the overall World Cup, the American continued to extend her clear lead. Shiffrin is currently at 1697 points. Your closest pursuers Petra Vlhova (966) and Lara Gut-Behrami (906) are beaten and can hardly prevent Shiffrin’s fifth triumph in twelve remaining races.
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