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Schild tops younger sister to equal women’s slalom record
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Marlies Schild overcame her younger sister’s leading time to win her 34th World Cup slalom and equal Swiss standout Vreni Schneider’s record yesterday in Courchevel, France.
The former slalom world champion was third after the first run, with Bernadette Schild getting the fastest time in the morning. But the elder Schild posted a second run time of 53.26 seconds to clinch victory ahead of Frida Hansdotter of Sweden. Bernadette Schild finished third, and Kathrin Zettel of Austria was fourth. World champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the US finished 12th.
Tessa Worley, the Frenchwoman who won a giant slalom in St Moritz last weekend, was taken to hospital after falling and injuring her right knee in the first run.
Bernadette Schild, seeking her first World Cup race win, was .13 seconds faster than Hansdotter and .20 clear of her elder sister after the first run.
Marlies Schild won the slalom world championship in 2011 and took slalom bronze at the 2006 Olympics. She flew down the Stade Emile Allais course on her second run — .80 seconds faster than Zettel’s leading time on the first split, and 1.43 quicker as she crossed the line.
Hansdotter could not match that, and it was down to Bernadette Schild — nine years younger than her sister — to stop her sibling equaling Schneider’s record.
In the end she finished more than one second behind. Still, she earned a big hug from Marlies at the finish line for securing her second career podium result, after finishing second at Lenzerheide, Switzerland, in March.
Worley, the giant slalom world champion, toppled backward before twisting forward and landing in the safety netting. She was taken down the slope on a stretcher. Her injuries were not immediately known.
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