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Schild captures 30th career slalom win
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December 22, 2011, Thursday
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AUSTRIA'S Marlies Schild successfully defended her first-run lead to complete a hat-trick of slalom victories on Tuesday by winning a World Cup night race in Flachau, Austria.
Schild, the slalom world champion, finished in 1 minute, 51.53 seconds to secure the 30th slalom win of her career. She had also won the season-opener in Aspen, Colorado in November and the race in Courchevel, France, two days ago,
Defending overall World Cup champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany came 0.46 seconds behind in second, and world giant slalom champion Tina Maze of Slovenia took third, 0.82 behind, for her first podium finish of the season.
"Thirty, what an amazing number of wins that is," Schild said. "I still don't take anything for granted. Every race is different, every course is different. When you win, you're sure that you're fast, but it's no guarantee for the next race. Every time you have to focus again."
Schild is rapidly closing on in the all-time record of 34 slalom wins by Swiss great Vreni Schneider. "Before the season, I was not thinking about it," Schild said. "But with the way things have been going so far, it has come into my mind now."
Lindsey Vonn finished 2.01 seconds back in eighth and remains top of the overall standings. The American has 554 points, 230 clear of Schild, who is no contender for the overall title as the Austrian only competes in technical races.
Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg is third on 286 points and Hoefl-Riesch is fourth with 271.
Schild won in Flachau two years ago but failed to live up to expectations last season. "I started with mixed feelings because of last year's race here when I messed up the first run and skied out in the second," she said. "Now I am in the lead, that's great. I lost some time on the lower section where I was too close (to the gates) and lost some speed."
Schild avoided risks in her second run and lost just seventh hundredths of a second from her first-run lead of 0.53 seconds over Hoefl-Riesch.
Schild, the slalom world champion, finished in 1 minute, 51.53 seconds to secure the 30th slalom win of her career. She had also won the season-opener in Aspen, Colorado in November and the race in Courchevel, France, two days ago,
Defending overall World Cup champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany came 0.46 seconds behind in second, and world giant slalom champion Tina Maze of Slovenia took third, 0.82 behind, for her first podium finish of the season.
"Thirty, what an amazing number of wins that is," Schild said. "I still don't take anything for granted. Every race is different, every course is different. When you win, you're sure that you're fast, but it's no guarantee for the next race. Every time you have to focus again."
Schild is rapidly closing on in the all-time record of 34 slalom wins by Swiss great Vreni Schneider. "Before the season, I was not thinking about it," Schild said. "But with the way things have been going so far, it has come into my mind now."
Lindsey Vonn finished 2.01 seconds back in eighth and remains top of the overall standings. The American has 554 points, 230 clear of Schild, who is no contender for the overall title as the Austrian only competes in technical races.
Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg is third on 286 points and Hoefl-Riesch is fourth with 271.
Schild won in Flachau two years ago but failed to live up to expectations last season. "I started with mixed feelings because of last year's race here when I messed up the first run and skied out in the second," she said. "Now I am in the lead, that's great. I lost some time on the lower section where I was too close (to the gates) and lost some speed."
Schild avoided risks in her second run and lost just seventh hundredths of a second from her first-run lead of 0.53 seconds over Hoefl-Riesch.
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