Alpine Skiing – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Women’s Slalom – Yongpyong Alpine Centre – Pyeongchang, South Korea – February 16, 2018 – Wendy Holdener of Switzerland competes. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
February 16, 2018
By Simon Evans
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Sweden’s Frida Hansdotter was in the gold medal position in women’s slalom at the Pyeongchang Olympics, with only the also-rans left to ski, as defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States fell short of the podium.
Hansdotter’s combined time from the two legs was one minute 38.63 leaving her just 0.05 seconds ahead of Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener, who had led after the first leg.
Austria’s Katharina Gallhuber, who has never reached the podium in a World Cup race, was in the bronze medal position with Shriffin fourth, 0.40 behind Hansdotter.
(Additional reporting by Ian Ransom and Rory Carroll; Editing by Greg Stutchbury/Amlan Chakraborty)
