"SPINDLERUV MLYN, Czechia -- Mikaela Shiffrin earned a place on the podium of a World Cup giant slalom for the first time in two years Saturday, finishing third in the last GS before the Milan Cortina Olympics. The race was won by defending Olympic champion Sara Hector, who held on to her opening run lead for her first victory since January 2025."
""You always have to keep working, it's so many strong girls as you can see today," the Swedish winner said in a course-side interview. "I am super happy that in the end I crossed the finish line first. That's a really cool feeling." Shiffrin, the 2018 Olympic GS gold medalist, trailed Hector by 0.23 seconds and the American shared the podium with second-placed teammate Paula Moltzan, who was 0.18 off the pace."
"Shiffrin holds the women's record for most career World Cup GS wins with 22 but hadn't had a top-three result in the discipline in 11 events since coming runner-up at a race in Slovakia in January 2024. Six days later, she crashed in a downhill on the course that will be used for the Olympics next month and then didn't compete in GS again until the start of the 2024-25 season."
Mikaela Shiffrin placed third in the World Cup giant slalom at SPINDLERUV MLYN, her first GS podium in two years, three weeks before the Olympic GS in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Sara Hector held an opening-run lead to claim victory, her first win since January 2025. Paula Moltzan finished second, 0.18 seconds behind Hector, giving the U.S. two athletes on the podium. Shiffrin trailed Hector by 0.23 seconds and returned after crashes and serious injuries, including an abdominal puncture and oblique muscle damage in November 2024, plus lingering post-traumatic stress. Shiffrin had three fourth-place finishes earlier this season.
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