The Canadian calculator crashed the World Cup sensation and defeated the megastar – Kalle Palander vented furiously: “It’s not real!”

Laurence St. Germain, 28, who won the World Cup slalom, had not reached the top three before. Mikaela Shiffrin continued her incredible streak of medals.

In the women’s slalom, the table was set for a mega star For Mikaela Shiffin, who was already chasing his fifth world championship in that sport. Shiffrin went into the race as a big favorite, as she had won five World Cup races in slalom this season.

However, there was a big surprise in the race, when Canada’s Laurence St. Germain slalomed to the World Championship gold. Sports expert Kalle Palander i.e. strongly with the Canadian athlete.

– Yes, yes, Palander roared.

For the 28-year-old Canadian, the medal is the first in the prestigious competition. Before Saturday’s World Cup slalom, he had not reached the podium in the World Cup. He had been fifth at best. The best ranking from this season was seventh.

– It’s not real, it’s not real, Palander ranted.

– Number 18. You’re not even a hot group counter. That I like this stick, Palander continued his praise.

In the interview, the Canadian skier was also struck with a smile when he was asked how the slalom world championship sounds.

– A bit strange. I really didn’t expect this. This is unbelievable.

St. Germain admitted that he was really nervous and a little nauseous before his second landing.

– I attacked right at the beginning and made a small mistake. I just thought “go down, go down!”. It worked.

The winner also added that he couldn’t believe it when he saw that his bill was enough for the top at the finish line. In addition, he had to ask others for advice on where he should stand during the ceremonies.

– This is crazy!

After the opening lap, St. Germain was third, more than half a second behind Shiffrin. In the second round, St. Germain held his nerve and hit the bottoms of 69 hundredths at the finish.

Was second after the opening round Wendy Holdener was taking a clear lead, but the Swiss had to stop. Shiffrin, who landed nervously, fell foul on his second landing and was 57 hundredths short of St. Germain. However, Shiffrin was second and achieved his third medal of the Games.

The 27-year-old American won his first world championship in the super slalom on Thursday. He won silver in the super giant slalom.

The slalom World Cup medal was Shiffrin’s sixth in a row.

He won the slalom World Cup gold in a row in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019. Shiffrin is the second most successful skier of all time at the World Cup level. He has seven gold medals and 14 medals in total.

Above is only German Christl Cranzwho has 12 championships and 15 medals.

Earlier this season, Shiffrin moved into second place on the all-time World Cup wins list. Shiffrin, who has won 11 World Cup races this season, is only one victory away By Ingermar Stenmark from the first place.

Germany’s Lena Dürr took the World Championship bronze.