Article 72EFH ‘This is not OK’: Shiffrin wins sixth straight slalom but rips ‘unsafe’ course

‘This is not OK’: Shiffrin wins sixth straight slalom but rips ‘unsafe’ course

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  • Shiffrin roars back to win another World Cup slalom

  • American criticizes unsafe' Semmering conditions

  • Rast second as Colturi strengthens slalom challenge

Mikaela Shiffrin kept her winning streak intact but left Austria frustrated after edging Switzerland's Camille Rast in a night slalom at Semmering, criticizing what she described as unsafe race conditions in the final women's World Cup event of the calendar year.

The American rebounded from a sluggish opening run to post the fastest time in the evening session, finishing 0.09 seconds ahead of world champion Rast. Albania's Italian-born prodigy Lara Colturi, 19, was 0.57 seconds back in third.

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