- It's very gratifying. She kept that fantastic, I was a little worried in the steeple, says SVT Sports expert Tobias Hellman.

It was February 1st that Hector was fifth in the Grand Slalom in Maribor. Now she turned six, retained the position from the first ride, and was only 0.15 from the podium. Italian Federica Brignone won just before the Norwegian sensation Mina Fuerst Holtmann who took her first pallet seat. Yet at the last interim, the Norwegian led by 0.19 but was 0.04 behind in goal.

- It was a year since the last victory and I have never succeeded in Courchevel, although it is a favorite hill, but in the second race I pushed to get a good result here. Thank you for the fan club that always comes here to cheer me on, says Brignone in SVT's broadcast.

Mikaela Shiffrin had a weak first year and went out as the 19th in the second but did not even manage to take the lead but was then third, all the way to 0.76 after the German doldissant Marlene Schmotz who was 20th after the first race.

- Here we can talk about lost form. Nothing was right for her today, says Hellman about Shiffrin who finished 17th.

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