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Wendy Holdener is “only” second in the slalom for the 13th time in Kranjska Gora (Sln).
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However, the Swyzer is still waiting for a victory in this discipline.
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“I didn’t have the coolness it needed on the steep slope,” said Holdener after the race.
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There she starts in both runs.
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The 13 is not a lucky number for Wendy Holdener. In Kranjska Gora (Sln), the Swyzer finished second for the 13th time in a World Cup slalom. Even in the absence of Dominator Mikaela Shiffrin, the first victory does not work.
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13 times second? A bittersweet balance. «Maybe without the mistake in the second run it would have been enough to win. Now I just missed my first slalom success again. That is disappointing, »she says. In the end, Holdener is 24 hundredths behind the winner Petra Vlhova (Slk).
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Holdener lacks coolness
Why she still has to wait for slalom success is clear to Holdener naach Kranjska Gora: “I didn’t have the coolness it needed on the steep slope.”
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Shortly thereafter, the two-time combined world champion emphasized that she was happy about the podium. “I have mixed feelings,” says Holdener. She knows that if Anna Swenn Larsson hadn’t flown out of the course in a tight arc just before the finish, the Swede would have won by over a second.
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The shape is right: three podium places in series
Even though the darn first slalom triumph is still a long way off, Holdener is still in great shape. The proof? She has always been on the podium in her last three races. And in three different disciplines!
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Third in the Super-G in Garmisch (De), third in the giant slalom of Kranjska Gora – and now she is second in the same place in the slalom. “It’s crazy, skiing is really good at the moment,” said the 26-year-old.
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Home game in Crans-Montana as the next highlight
That was not always the case this season. Holdener was particularly troubled by the two successive threaders in Killington (USA) and Lienz (Ö) in December. “It was really hard,” she admits.
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She is all the more happy about the change for the better – and about the home races in Crans-Montana VS. There she wants to start in both runs and on Sunday in the station wagon keep her chance of a ball this season – she is only 20 points behind Federica Brignone (It).
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