{"id":802101,"date":"2019-12-07T17:52:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T00:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/schmidhofer-wins-lake-louise-downhill-shiffrin-takes-2nd\/"},"modified":"2019-12-07T17:52:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T00:52:00","slug":"schmidhofer-wins-lake-louise-downhill-shiffrin-takes-2nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/schmidhofer-wins-lake-louise-downhill-shiffrin-takes-2nd\/","title":{"rendered":"Schmidhofer wins Lake Louise downhill, Shiffrin takes 2nd"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.840769903762\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-375641-984\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Canada_WCup_Women_Downhill_Skiing_51970-f4b02-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Canada_WCup_Women_Downhill_Skiing_51970-f4b02-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | The Canadian Press | Austria's Nicole Schmidhofer, center, celebrates her win with second place finisher Mikaela Shiffrin, left, of the United States, and third place finisher Italy's Francesca Marsaglia, celebrates following the women's World Cup downhill ski race, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 in Lake Louise, Alberta. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"4.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"20\">\n<p><strong>Austria&#8217;s Nicole Schmidhofer, center, celebrates her win with second place finisher Mikaela Shiffrin, left, of the United States, and third place finisher Italy&#8217;s Francesca Marsaglia, celebrates following the women&#8217;s World Cup downhill ski race, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 in Lake Louise, Alberta. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)<\/strong><br \/>AP | The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Canada_WCup_Women_Downhill_Skiing_51970-f4b02-1024x683.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Austria's Nicole Schmidhofer, center, celebrates her win with second place finisher Mikaela Shiffrin, left, of the United States, and third place finisher Italy's Francesca Marsaglia, celebrates following the women's World Cup downhill ski race, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 in Lake Louise, Alberta. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Canada_WCup_Women_Downhill_Skiing_51970-f4b02-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Canada_WCup_Women_Downhill_Skiing_51970-f4b02-1-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | The Canadian Press | Austria's Nicole Schmidhofer celebrates her win in the women's World Cup downhill ski race, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 in Lake Louise, Alberta. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Austria&#8217;s Nicole Schmidhofer celebrates her win in the women&#8217;s World Cup downhill ski race, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 in Lake Louise, Alberta. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)<\/strong><br \/>AP | The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Canada_WCup_Women_Downhill_Skiing_51970-f4b02-1-1024x683.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Austria's Nicole Schmidhofer celebrates her win in the women's World Cup downhill ski race, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 in Lake Louise, Alberta. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Canada_WCup_Women_Downhill_Skiing_51970-f4b02-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Canada_WCup_Women_Downhill_Skiing_51970-f4b02-2-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | The Canadian Press | Austria's Nicole Schmidhofer celebrates her win in the women's World Cup downhill ski race, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 in Lake Louise, Alberta. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Austria&#8217;s Nicole Schmidhofer celebrates her win in the women&#8217;s World Cup downhill ski race, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 in Lake Louise, Alberta. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)<\/strong><br \/>AP | The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Canada_WCup_Women_Downhill_Skiing_51970-f4b02-2-1024x683.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Austria's Nicole Schmidhofer celebrates her win in the women's World Cup downhill ski race, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 in Lake Louise, Alberta. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Canada_WCup_Women_Downhill_Skiing_51970-f4b02-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Canada_WCup_Women_Downhill_Skiing_51970-f4b02-3-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | The Canadian Press | Austria's Nicole Schmidhofer, center, celebrates her win with second place finisher Mikaela Shiffrin, left, of the United States, and third place finisher Italy's Francesca Marsaglia, following the women's World Cup downhill ski race, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 in Lake Louise, Alberta. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"4.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"20\">\n<p><strong>Austria&#8217;s Nicole Schmidhofer, center, celebrates her win with second place finisher Mikaela Shiffrin, left, of the United States, and third place finisher Italy&#8217;s Francesca Marsaglia, following the women&#8217;s World Cup downhill ski race, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 in Lake Louise, Alberta. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)<\/strong><br \/>AP | The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Canada_WCup_Women_Downhill_Skiing_51970-f4b02-3-1024x683.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Austria's Nicole Schmidhofer, center, celebrates her win with second place finisher Mikaela Shiffrin, left, of the United States, and third place finisher Italy's Francesca Marsaglia, following the women's World Cup downhill ski race, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 in Lake Louise, Alberta. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/schmidhofer-wins-lake-louise-downhill-shiffrin-takes-2nd\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/schmidhofer-wins-lake-louise-downhill-shiffrin-takes-2nd\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">LAKE LOUISE, Alberta \u2014 Here\u2019s a scary thought for her competition: Mikaela Shiffrin is still getting comfortable with the intensity and the speed of the downhill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">That\u2019s why podium finishes are still a little surprising even to her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The American three-time overall World Cup champion finished runner-up to Nicole Schmidhofer of Austria in a downhill race Saturday. Schmidhofer cruised through the course in 1 minute, 49.92 seconds to edge Shiffrin by 0.13 seconds. Francesca Marsaglia of Italy wound up third.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Schmidhofer has four career World Cup wins, with three of them arriving at Lake Louise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Known as a tech specialist, Shiffrin is steadily getting up to speed in the speed events. This was Shiffrin\u2019s fourth career World Cup podium finish in the downhill, which includes a Lake Louise win in 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">So, does Shiffrin anticipate this kind of downhill success?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cNo, no, no,\u201c the 24-year-old from Colorado said. \u201cIt\u2019s certainly not normal (for a downhill podium). Even racing downhill doesn\u2019t feel normal. But I feel every year like I have more experience and get more comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Shiffrin currently sits at 62 World Cup wins, which ties her with Austrian great Annemarie Moser-Proell for second-most on the women\u2019s side. Lindsey Vonn had 82 wins before her retirement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI\u2019m certainly more comfortable with the long skis,\u201d Shiffrin said of downhill racing. \u201cRight now, it\u2019s enjoying it, because speed is a little bit extra for me. My goal is to be able to succeed in speed as well. It\u2019s making the transition and trying to have fun with it.\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Czech Republic skier and snowboarder Ester Ledecka finished fourth Saturday. She was the surprise winner of Friday\u2019s season-opening downhill, which was delayed and shortened by heavy snowfall on the mountain. The race Saturday was restored to its full length.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Next up, a super-G on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s always been a little bit tricky for me from downhill skis to super-G skis and to change the timing a little bit,\u201d Shiffrin said. \u201cI\u2019m going to have fun.\u201c<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/schmidhofer-wins-lake-louise-downhill-shiffrin-takes-2nd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austria&#8217;s Nicole Schmidhofer, center, celebrates her win with second place finisher Mikaela Shiffrin, left, of the United States, and third place finisher Italy&#8217;s Francesca Marsaglia, celebrates following the women&#8217;s World Cup downhill ski race, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 in Lake Louise, Alberta. 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