Slokar Wins Season’s Final Giant Slalom

Slovenia's Andreja Slokar reacts after her second run at Alpine Ski World Cup in Meribel, France, on March 19, 2022. (Christian Hartmann/Reuters)

Slovenia’s Andreja Slokar won her second World Cup race when she prevailed in the final giant slalom of the season in Courchevel, France, on Saturday.

The 24-year-old, who also won a parallel slalom in Zuers, Austria, this season clocked a combined best time of 1 minute 36.54 seconds thanks to a great second run, to beat Germany’s Lena Duerr by 0.48 seconds.

Slovenia's Andreja Slokar (C) celebrates after winning the women's slalom with second place Germany's Lena Duerr (L) and third place Slovakia's Petra Vlhova (R) at Alpine Ski World Cup in Meribel, France, on March 19, 2022. (Christian Hartmann/Reuters)

Slovenia's Andreja Slokar celebrates after winning the women's slalom at FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in Meribel, France, on March 19, 2022. (Christian Hartmann/Reuters)

Duerr, who was leading after the morning run, was also chasing her second World Cup victory, nine years after her first.

Slovakia’s Petra Vhlova, who had already bagged the discipline’s World Cup title, took third place, 0.81 off the pace.

American Mikaela Shiffrin, the overall World Cup winner who won the super-G and the downhill at the World Cup finals, finished in eighth place.

By Julien Pretot