Shiffrin Top-10 in Sweden

ARE, Sweden (Dec. 12) - Tina Maze continued her quest for the overall Audi FIS Ski World Cup title with her third win in three different disciplines this season, taking the giant slalom in Are. Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO) skied to tenth in the opening race of the weekend, originally scheduled for snow-starved Courchevel, France. Rising Swedish star Sara Hector skied from 25th into second while first-run-leading Eva-Maria Brem of Austria was third.

Shiffrin skied solid but not as aggressively as she wanted in the first run, going out second and finishing the run in eighth, one spot behind Maze and .78 from the leader Brem in a tightly packed field. In the second run, Shiffrin dropped to tenth while Maze charged up to take the lead and the victory. Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, CA) just made the flip at 30th, but went out in the second run. Megan McJames (Park City, UT) missed the top 30.

"I felt like I attacking a lot harder and I thought that would help my time, but I ended up losing time again," said Shiffrin of her second run.

The men are up next in Are, with Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) leading the charge under the lights. Second run will be live on Universal Sports beginning at 12:30 p.m. EST.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Mikaela Shiffrin retained her hold on second in the Audi FIS Ski World Cup giant slalom standings, and moved back up into fourth in the overall.
• The women race slalom on Saturday with Universal Sports live at 6:00 a.m. EST. The giant slalom will re-air at 10:00 p.m. EST Friday evening.
• Next weekend's race schedule has now been confirmed by FIS, with downhill and super G Dec. 20-21 with Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) and the women's speed coming in fresh from a strong week in Lake Louise.

QUOTES
Mikaela Shiffrin
I felt like I attacking a lot harder and I thought that would help my time, but I ended up losing time again. 

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