St-Germain surprises Shiffrin with slalom gold for Canada
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By ANDREW DAMPF and ERIC WILLEMSEN
Associated Press
MERIBEL, France (AP) — Canadian skier Laurence St-Germain has won the women’s slalom at the world championships and Mikaela Shiffrin took the silver medal. The American skier led after the first run but finished 0.57 seconds behind St-Germain after the final run. Lena Duerr of Germany was 0.69 behind and won bronze. Shiffrin won the giant slalom on Thursday and silver in the super-G last week. Saturday’s race was the last women’s event of the world championships. Shiffrin is expected back at World Cup racing in March.