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Maze wins, chases five globes

OVERALL champion Tina Maze of Slovenia won a World Cup slalom yesterday in Ofterschwang, Germany, to overtake Mikaela Shiffrin in the discipline standings and close in on becoming the first woman to win five crystal globes in a season.

Maze finished her two runs on the Ofterschwanger Horn course in 1 minute, 52.85 seconds to beat Wendy Holdener of Switzerland by 0.25 seconds. More importantly, world champion Mikaela Shiffrin was 0.75 back in third, meaning Maze now leads the 17-year-old American by seven points in the slalom standings with one race remaining.

Maze has already clinched the overall and giant slalom title, setting a record for points in a season. She leads the super-G standings and can also clinch the downhill title at next week's World Cup finals at Lenzerheide, Switzerland.

In Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Ivica Kostelic of Croatia won a rain-drenched World Cup slalom yesterday, while Marcel Hirscher of Austria clinched the discipline title after his sole rival skied out in the opening run.

Kostelic mastered the difficult conditions to finish in an aggregate time of 1 minute, 45.81 seconds.

Hirscher finished 0.19 behind in second, and fellow Austrian Mario Matt came third, 0.34 behind Kostelic.

Hirscher led Felix Neureuther by 184 points going into the race, and the German was left without a chance of making up the deficit when he straddled a gate.

Alexis Pinturault of France led by 1.45 seconds after the first run, but failed to finish the second.


 

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