Canadian skier Grenier takes rain-marred World Cup GS for second career win. Shiffrin is 9th
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Valerie Grenier has made a triumphant return to the resort of her first World Cup victory.The Canadian skier won a rain-marred giant slalom on Saturday on the same hill in Slovenia where she celebrated her maiden career win a year ago.“I'm not really sure why it seems to be a really good hill for me, and that last pitch is always one of my best parts,” Grenier said. “I'm not really sure why it just seems to be fitting for me, but I will take it.”Fighting a cold for the past week, Mikaela Shiffrin finished in ninth position, nine days after the American won the previous GS in Austria.“I was just really taken off guard today with how much I felt like my energy was affected. I haven’t felt this low energy in a while,” Shiffrin said.Saturday’s result was the American’s worst in 15 giant slaloms since November 2022 when she was 13th in Killington, Vermont.“Any race where I don’t feel like I ski my best is disappointing,” Shiffrin said. “I know that if I do anything less than my best…
6 Jan 17:48 · iNFOnews.ca