Feb 18 • 14:08 UTC 🇱🇻 Latvia TVNET

Bondare rises 10 places after the second run. Olympic gold won by Shiffrin

Latvian skier Liene Bondare finished 43rd in the slalom, while American Mikaela Shiffrin won the championship.

Latvian alpine skier Liene Bondare participated in the slalom discipline and experienced a notable rise in her second run, moving up 10 places to finish 43rd. She began her second run with a starting number of 53 and completed the course in 58.30 seconds. Her combined time from both runs landed her at a total of 1 minute and 52.25 seconds, finishing 13.15 seconds behind gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin.

Mikaela Shiffrin, the current leader of the World Cup rankings and the Sochi Olympic Games champion in slalom, dominated the event. She clocked an impressive 47.13 seconds in her first run, establishing her as the front-runner early on. Shiffrin then achieved the second-best time in the second run, with a completion time of 51.97 seconds, resulting in a total time of 1 minute and 39.10 seconds to secure the gold medal.

Swiss skier Camilla Rasta earned the silver medal, finishing just 1.5 seconds behind Shiffrin. Rasta recorded the fourth-fastest time in her first run and improved to the fifth-best time in her second attempt. This competition highlights impressive performances within the alpine skiing community and underscores the competitiveness of the World Cup circuit, as top athletes vie for medals and rankings.

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