Alpine Skiing: Direz shocks Shiffrin to claim maiden World Cup win

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SESTRIERE, Italy: France's Clara Direz won the women's parallel giant slalom in Sestriere on Sunday (Jan 19), eliminating US star Mikaela Shiffrin ...

SESTRIERE, Italy: France's Clara Direz won the women's parallel giant slalom in Sestriere on Sunday , eliminating US star Mikaela Shiffrin on the way to her first World Cup victory.

" brings confidence and with confidence you can take more risks when we ski and then we go faster," she said of Sunday's victory.Moerzinger, 22, also took her first podium competing in just her fifth World Cup race. But the two-time Olympic champion was unhappy about the format for the new competition where two skiers compete against each other.

"But it's fun and people like to watch it. It's just a work in progress to make it the best it can be."

 

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