Shiffrin leads opening World Cup slalom run in Sestriere
SESTRIERE, Italy — Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin led the opening run of a World Cup slalom race Sunday despite a big error about 10 gates in.
Aiming to win the 11th consecutive slalom she has entered, Shiffrin held a slim 0.12-second lead over Veronika Velez Zuzulova of Slovakia and was 0.30 in front of Frida Hansdotter of Sweden.
On the upper section of the hard and icy Giovanni Agnelli course, Shiffrin lost control briefly and the American had to spread her skis apart to regain her balance.