“Should Have Been Sara Hector’s Spot”: Mikaela Shiffrin Shows Sportsmanship After Clinching Podium Place at Ski World Cup

The Alpine Skiing World Cup title is heading to the wire. Olympic gold medalist, Petra Vlhova, is catching up with Mikaela Shiffrin in the chase for the ultimate prize. Significantly, she won the giant slalom competition in Are, Sweden.

Hence, this victory takes her to just 77 points behind Mikaela. However, Shiffrin has rapidly improved after the troubles she had in Beijing. She is getting to the podium, and the competition is going down to the last stages.

Recently, Shiffrin posted pictures from the event on Instagram and reflected on her performance. Meanwhile, she showed sportsmanship to Sara Hector and spoke about how she deserved her place.

Mikaela Shiffrin edging closer to the World Cup title

After being placed sixth, Shiffrin provided a fantastic second run that saw her finish in third place. As for Hector, her second run wasn’t as memorable as she failed to make it to the podium. Due to that, she reduced her concrete lead of 55 points to just 5 points now. Acknowledging her effort, Shiffrin gave a special mention to Hector in her Instagram post, stating how she deserved to win a place on the podium.

Shiffrin said, “I’m happy with a podium to fight back a few spots in challenging conditions on the second, but I also know that really could have and probably should have been @sarahector’s spot so let’s cross our fingers that she is not too beaten up.”

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Seeing this, Hector offered her thoughts and spoke highly about Shiffrin’s run to claim third place.

“Big congratulations!!! 🌟🌟 For sure not, I made 5 gates so I wasn’t even close!! 😅 You totally deserved that one! 🎉 😃🙏🏼❤️ Happy for you!”

Down to the wire

There are five races left this season. One slalom competition on Saturday, while four events in France, next week. Winners of the race fetch themselves around 100 points while 80 points are awarded to second place, and 60 for third place.

As Vlhova won the World Cup Overall last year, Shiffrin is coming back to claim her thrown in recent events. She has won the event overall three times from 2017 to 2019 and is looking to claim her fourth.

This would tie her up with Lindsey Vonn while she would trail Annemarie Moser-Pröll by just two as she won six titles during the 1970s. It has all the ingredients to become one of the best finishes in recent times.

As the race to the top is getting interesting, who are you backing for the ultimate prize?

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