Canada’s Laurence St-Germain caused a massive upset by winning world slalom gold in Meribel on Saturday, outgunning favourite Mikaela Shiffrin who took silver.
It meant the end of Shiffrin’s bid for a fifth world slalom title after she dominated the first of two runs in the French resort, but floundered on the second to allow the Canadian in for a stunning victory.
The result still saw the 27-year-old American leave the champs with giant slalom gold and a second silver from the super-G.
St-Germain had been third fastest after the first leg down the Roc de Fer slope in sunny, warm conditions and held her nerve on the second run for a winning aggregate time of 1min 43.15sec.
It was a remarkable victory for the 28-year-old Quebec native who has never made a World Cup podium. The best result of her 13 top 10 finishes from her eight seasons on the circuit is a fifth place in a parallel slalom in St Moritz in December 2019.
“That is weird!” St-Germain said when asked how it felt to be the newly-crowned world champion.
[Dang it! Oh, I’m so rootin’ for this girl. She’s fabulous. ~ Beege]
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