The German ski racer Lena Dürr drove sensationally to her first podium in a slalom World Cup in Levi, Finland.
Thanks to a strong second run on Saturday, the Munich resident fought her way from sixth to third and made a big step towards the Olympics.
"So cool, we've all been crying together," said the dissolved Munich woman after her great success on ARD.
It was time to finally finish in the top three.
The athlete from SV Germering had already celebrated a World Cup victory in the parallel slalom in Moscow in 2013.
"But with such a real slalom it's a different feeling again," reported the 30-year-old, who was able to top her good seventh place from the previous week in Lech.
Overall World Cup winner Petra Vlhova won the Lapland race.
The Slovakian had already won the two goal runs in Levi last winter.
Third was the two-time Olympic and Sölden winner Mikaela Shiffrin, 0.31 seconds behind.
In addition to Dürr, Emma Aicher, who was only 18 years old, impressed from the five-man German ski line-up with a good 14th place.
Last winter she was surprisingly nominated for the parallel team competition at the World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo and won bronze with the German squad.
“Pretty cool.
I wasn't prepared for that, ”said Aicher.
Jessica Hilzinger also finished 25th in the points.
Marlene Schmotz and Andrea Filser just missed the final of the top 30.
On Sunday (10.30 a.m. / 1.30 p.m. / ARD and Eurosport) another women's slalom is on the program in Lapland.