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ASPEN, Colo. - At 31 and with knees that feel much older,
Nicole Hosp figured her days of winning slalom races were
long behind her. Especially with this new wave of
youngsters on the slopes, led by the likes of American
Mikaela Shiffrin.For one afternoon, though, on a hill
thats always treated Austrian skiers well, Hosp found
speed she hasnt uncovered in years. She turned in a
powerful final run Sunday for her first World Cup victory
since 2008, while Shiffrin struggled to a fifth-place
finish.Hosp was nearly a second back after the first run,
but glided through the deteriorating course in a time of
one minute 44.90 seconds. She held off Frida Hansdotter
of Sweden by 0.19 seconds. Kathrin Zettel of Austria was
third for her 10th podium finish at Aspen.This victory
feels like my first victory, said Hosp, who suffered a
serious knee injury a few years ago and retired the giant
slalom from her repertoire. Im happy that Im back.Marie-
Michele Gagnon of Lac-Etchemin, Que., finished eighth
overall with a time of 1:46.28.It was quite a weekend for
the first country of ski racing. Austrians Eva-Maria Brem
and Zettel went 1-2 in the giant slalom on Saturday.
Then, Hosp rose to the occasion on a bumpy and rugged
course. So did Zettel — again, which really is no
surprise since she always performs well at Aspen. She
wishes every race could be held at this venue because it
has perfect conditions and is lovely for me.Not so much
for Shiffrin.The 19-year-old was the leader going into
the final run. While she didnt have any major mistakes,
she did have a few breaks in her usually solid form. She
wound up 1.08 seconds behind Hosp.Shiffrin knew, too.
About halfway down, the Olympic slalom champion knew this
wasnt going to be her day as she chased her first World
Cup victory in her home country.Maybe its all the
training shes been doing in the giant slalom and super-G,
but her bread-and-butter event, the slalom, has been a
little shaky this season. Shiffrin finished 11th in Levi,
Finland, two weeks ago and now fifth — after leading
following the first run and a partisan crowd cheering her
on.Still, shes refusing to fret.I have a little bit of
work to do on my slalom, honestly, and I knew that coming
into this race, Shiffrin said. Im really trying to get
back to the skiing where I know that its good enough no
matter what and I can step into the gate with
confidence.Today, everybody was pumping me up, trying to
get me to just do a training run and, Youre fine. You
dont have to do anything special. I didnt really believe
that in myself. I think I had to pull something special
out in the second run in order to win. Some of those
other girls did that.Namely, Hosp. She had the fastest
final run. No one was catching her.This was Hosps first
World Cup victory since Jan. 13, 2008, in a slalom race
at Maribor, Slovenia. Her first World Cup win was in
2002.Since then, shes dealt with injuries, captured three
Olympic medals — including a silver and bronze in Sochi
— and won the 2007 overall World Cup title.This year I
felt so good in the summer — no injuries, really
healthy, Hosp said. Im so happy it is working
again.Zettel feels the same way. She had hip surgery in
the off-season and is surprised how fast shes returned to
top form. Zettel is currently leading the overall World
Cup race, but said thats not really a goal.But its still
nice to lead, for sure, said Zettel, who doesnt plan on
doing a lot of speed this season.It was the second
straight slalom race in which Hansdotter has finished
second. She also was runner-up in Levi, a race won by
Tina Maze of Slovenia.Maze had another solid day going
Sunday, before struggling in the final run and finishing
ninth.The surprise of the day was the performance of
American Resi Stiegler, who came in 11th. Stiegler has
been contending with injuries the last few seasons.Im
pleased with Resi. I think its a matter of time when shes
going to be in top-five and on the podium again, U.S.
Alpine director Patrick Riml said.
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