Petra Vlhová: The Slovak leads the slalom classification following winning four of the five races this season. The reigning overall World Cup winner was second behind Mikaela Shiffrin in the slalom in Killington.
Vlhová (16) is only missing one victory to achieve sixth place with Anja Pärson (17) in the list of the most women’s World Cup slalom victories.
Since the beginning of 2020, Vlhová has won 11 of the 17 slalom events in the Women’s World Cup. Shiffrin (3), Katharina Liensberger (2) and Michelle Gisin (1) won the other six during this period.
Vlhová won the last World Cup slalom, which took place on February 16, 2020 in Kranjska Gora. Vlhová and Shiffrin can become the first women to win at least two World Cup slaloms in Kranjska Gora.
Mikaela Shiffrin: The American has won 46 World Cup slaloms and thus holds the record for the most World Cup victories in an individual discipline, together with Ingemar Stenmark, who achieved 46 victories in the giant slalom.
Since her fourth place in Zagreb on January 3, 2021, Shiffrin has always been on the podium in the last nine World Cup slaloms in which she participated. At eight of these nine events, Shiffrin finished in the top two.
In her last 56 World Cup slalom appearances, Shiffrin was on the podium 52 times (37 wins).
Shiffrin won the World Cup slalom in Kranjska Gora in 2018. Shiffrin and Vlhová can become the first woman to win at least two World Cup slaloms in Kranjska Gora.
More podium contenders
Katharina Liensberger, the winner of last season’s slalom crystal ball, clinched her last World Cup slalom victory in Lenzerheide on March 20, 2021.
Wendy Holdener finished third in 2018 and second in 2020 in the women’s World Cup slalom in Kranjska Gora.
Holdener has 28 podium finishes in World Cup slaloms, but has yet to take her first victory. This is currently the record for most World Cup podiums in an individual discipline without a win.
Only two women came second in a World Cup slalom more often than Holdener (13): Frida Hansdotter (17) and Pernilla Wiberg (14). Holdener’s 15 third places in this discipline are already the most for a woman.
Holdener is the first Swiss woman since Erika Hess to win a World Cup slalom in Kranjska Gora in 1983.
The only Swiss World Cup slalom victory for women in the last 20 years was achieved Michelle Gisin on December 29, 2020 in Semmering.
Anna Swenn-Larsson hopes to return to a World Cup podium in slalom. The Swede finished in the top three of a World Cup slalom four times, most recently on January 14, 2020 in Flachau in second place.
The last Swedish slalom victory in the World Cup was won by Frida Hansdotter on January 10, 2017 in Flachau.
Lena Dürr finished third in the two World Cup slaloms in Levi on November 20 and 21. The last German woman to win a World Cup slalom was Maria Höfl-Riesch, who won on November 10, 2012 in Levi.
The men’s ski world cup calendar for the 2021/22 season
The women’s ski world cup calendar for the 2021/22 season 
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