At the end of November, Swenn Larsson took her first career World Cup victory when she shared first place with Swiss Wendy Holdener in Killington's slalom. The second could come this afternoon, during the Alpine World Cup final in Soldeu. In any case, the Swede has given himself a good starting point for the second slalom run.
Anna Swenn Larsson is third after the first run, 56 hundredths behind Slovakian Petra Vlhova. Between the two, Leona Popovic has squeezed in, 32 hundredths off the lead. The 25-year-old Croatian has never stood on the podium in the World Cup before.
However, there are alpine cannons chasing behind the top three. Mikaela Shiffrin, who recently made history when she took her 87th World Cup victory (one more than previous record holder Ingemar Stenmark), is fourth. The American is only three hundredths behind Swenn Larsson.
Two more Swedes came to the start in slalom in the World Cup final. Sara Hector is 1th (+94.15).
The second run starts at 13:30 p.m.