Canada's St-Germain beats Shiffrin to slalom goldpublished at 14:03 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2023
BBC Sport
World Championship gold for Canada's Laurence St-Germain as Shiffin takes silver medal
Summary
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Mikaela Shiffrin finishes with silver medal, Laurence St Germain wins gold
American Mikaela Shiffrin will be the one to beat. Out of nine World Cup starts, she has stepped on the podium eight times and has collected five wins.
Swiss Wendy Holdener proved that she can rise to the occasion, having won silver in slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the worlds in 2017.
Canada's St-Germain beats Shiffrin to slalom goldpublished at 14:03 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2023
Media caption, Who's competing today?published at 15:19 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023
Women's giant Slalom
BBC SportMedia caption, Shiffrin wins elusive giant slalom World Championship gold
Shiffrin, who split with her long-time coach Mike Day on Wednesday, triumphed in France with a combined time of two minutes 07.13 seconds. It is Shiffrin's 13th World Championship medal.
She is going in as favourite for this event. The American has stepped on the podium eight times and has collected five wins.
Petra Vlhova hasn't been at her best this season, but she is still joint second in the slalom World Cup standings with one win and four podiums.
Silver medallist at the home worlds four years ago, Anna Swenn Larsson shared her first World Cup win with Holdener in November. She's been consistently in the Top-6 so far this season and has also made the podium on three occasions.
Lena Duerr who finished fourth at Beijing 2022, has reached the podium in the last three World Cup slaloms leading up to worlds. Two weeks ago she claimed her first-ever win in the discipline.
How to watchpublished at 15:19 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023
BBC iPlayerThe 2023 World Ski Championships will be available to watch across the BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and mobile app.
Action will be available to watch for 30 days on-demand after the event on iPlayer.
Saturday 18th February
Women’s Slalom – Run 1
08:45-10:45
Women’s Slalom – Run 2
12:15-13:35
BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport Website & App, BBC Red Button
Sunday 19th February
Men’s Slalom – Run 1
08:45-10:35
Men's Slalom - Run 2
12:15-13:35
BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport Website & App (Run 1 & 2), BBC Red Button (Run 1)
Get Inspired: How to get into skiingpublished at 15:18 Greenwich Mean Time 17 February 2023
BBC SportMedia caption, Snowsport England's programme to encourage people to take up snow sports
Skiing is a great workout - you can burn up to 500 calories an hour!
Your knees take on the weight of your body when you turn downhill, strengthening your bones and joints.
As you go down the slope, your body is in a squat position, which improves your balance and builds your stomach and leg muscles.
Snowsport centres and dry ski slopes around the country offer lessons to children as young as three. Find your local centre inEngland,, externalWales, external or Scotland, external to get yourself on the slopes. The Ski Club of Northern Ireland has a useful Facebook page, external too.
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