COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colorado — Mikaela Shiffrin brings an impressive streak into the slalom race at the Copper Mountain World Cup.
Going back to last season, Shiffrin has made the podium in the last five slalom races. She’s won four of them, including the first two of this season to extend her record of World Cup wins to 103.
But Shiffrin isn’t assuming anything going into Sunday’s slalom race, the last of the World Cup at Copper Mountain.
‘It’s going to be a really long slalom,’ Shiffrin said after the giant slalom race Saturday, Nov. 29. ‘All the women today who did this race, I think we’re all going to be really feeling our legs tomorrow. I’m already feeling my legs, so I’m unsure what that means for quickness and coordination. The biggest task for the rest of the day is reset, get some recovery — I mean as much as possible — and try to just mentally override whatever fatigue I might have tomorrow.’
Here’s how to watch the slalom race at the Copper Mountain World Cup:
When does Mikaela Shiffrin start?
Mikaela Shiffrin will start fourth in the first run of the slalom race. Wendy Holdener of Switzerland drew the first spot, followed by teammate Camille Rast and Croatia’s Zrinka Ljutic.
Shiffrin’s start position for the second run will be determined by her finish in the first run.
Where are the other Americans?
Paula Moltzan, who had top-five finishes in the season’s first two slalom races, will start 13th. There’s a long wait until the next American, Elisabeth Bocock, who will start 35th. Nina O’Brien, whose 11th-place finish in Saturday’s GS race was the best for the Americans, starts 39th followed by Liv Moritz in the 40th starting spot.
Annika Hunt starts 53rd and Liv Moritz’s twin sister Kjersti, who made her World Cup debut Saturday, rounds out the U.S. contingent in 56th.
How the slalom race works
The top-ranked skiers are at the top of the starting order for the first run. The top 30 qualify for the second run, when the finish order of the first run is reversed and the fastest skiers will go last.
How to watch
Broadcast/streaming schedule (all times Eastern)
Outsideonline.com will show all of the races live while NBC, Peacock and CNBC will have a mix of live and delayed coverage.
Noon – First run, women’s slalom, outsideonline.com
1 p.m. – Delayed coverage of women’s giant slalom, NBC and Peacock
2 p.m. – Delayed coverage of men’s super-G, CNBC and Peacock
3 p.m. – Second run, women’s slalom, outsideonline.com, CNBC and Peacock