“0.09 is not a lot”
Rast is getting better and better. She has now made six podiums in her last 14 Slalom races.
“A good weekend,” she summed up. “0.09 is not a lot. But keep working and maybe it can go on my side. I hope so, she is really good and you have to be really good to push on two runs from top to bottom.
“The smallest mistake, and first place is there. You need two runs without mistake from top to bottom.”
Colturi is also on an upward curve. She may still be seeking Albania’s first ever Audi FIS World Cup win – this was her 7th podium, and her fourth in five races – but she is getting closer.
On the day Shiffrin bagged her 69th slalom win, Colturi made her 67th World Cup start. She went full tilt to secure a fine third place.
“In the last few races I’ve been doing much more, and I was just trying my limit. But it was impossible [to win], I just tried to do my best,” she said.
“The snow was a little bit better in the second run so the mindset was to go fast and just to do as I am doing in training, but the second run was too tough.
“That’s amazing to finish the year with a podium, and now I’ll do the next few races with the same mindset.
“I’m getting close each race, I’m feeling really good in training. I’m really fast with a good mindset and power.”
She has an ideal role model to learn from in today’s winner. “She is really amazing,” said Colturi of Shiffrin. “I am trying to copy everything about her. Since I was five years old I’ve been trying, so I’m used to it.”
The New Year’s first slalom – 4 January in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, will see the next chance to try and finally defeat the greatest of all time.
