At the end of November, Swenn Larsson took her first World Cup victory in her career when she shared first place with the Swiss Wendy Holdener in the Killington slalom. The second could come this afternoon, during the Alpine World Cup final in Soldeu. In any case, the Swede has given himself a good starting position for the second slalom race.
Anna Swenn Larsson is third after the first race, 56 hundredths behind Slovakian Petra Vlhova. Between the two, Leona Popovic has squeezed in, 32 hundredths from the lead. The 25-year-old Croatian has never stood on the podium in the World Cup before.
However, there are Alpine guns chasing behind the top three. Mikaela Shiffrin, who recently made history when she took her 87th World Cup victory (one more than previous record holder Ingemar Stenmark), is fourth. The American is only three hundredths behind Swenn Larsson.
Two more Swedish women started in slalom in the World Cup final. Sara Hector is twelfth after the first race (+1.94) and Hanna Aronsson Elfman is 15th (+2.13).
The second ride starts at 1:30 p.m.