Only seven poor hundredths are what separates Swenn-Larsson from the podium and Austrian Katharina Liensberger.
For the Swedes, the top five is definitely within reach as it is almost one and a half seconds that separates down to
Behind the great Petra Vlhova is big star Mikaela Shiffrin. But even the American has a good bit up to Slovak Vlhova which has a full 60 hundredths to the benefit.
On the Swedish side, the result was generally approved after the first ride with three riders on the top 20 list.
The biggest exclamation mark was Sara Hector, who made a huge effort throughout the race and got a good result.
With one second and 92 hundredths after Vlhova, a cheering Hector took to the finish and squeezed into the top ten. A placement that made her push down Swedish colleague Magdalena Fjällström to eleventh place and who saw herself beaten by five hundredths.
The second race starts at 20:40
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