Holdener gets slalom victory

Wendy Holdener's lengthy wait for a slalom victory came to an end on Sunday although the Swiss skier had to share top spot with Anna Swenn Larsson.

Mikaela Shiffrin was bidding for a sixth straight win in Killington, Vermont, and the American was fastest in the first run but finished fifth, 0.59 seconds behind the winning duo.

It was Holdener's first slalom win after finishing 30 times on the podium for the unwanted record of most World Cup podium finishes without a win in the discipline.

“I don't know what to say, I am so happy and I have a lot of emotions,” the 29-year-old Holdener said. “It's a dream come true and I fight really hard for this one so I'm super happy.”

It was a first individual World Cup success for the 31-year-old Swenn Larsson of Sweden.

Shiffrin had won all five World Cup slaloms held there and also emerged victorious in the two season-opening slalom races last weekend.