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Mikaela Shiffrin on her Parallel Slalom win

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On Instagram, Mikaela posted this,

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What turn at the end of the course is she referring to? Why? And, what did she do differently from Petra?

Video posted here. Would be just my luck if that turn is behind the finish-banner

 

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At the 5th to last gate, which is around 30 seconds into the embedded video, Vlhova is clearly ahead and looks headed for victory. By the end, Shiffrin has somehow overtaken her. It would be interesting to see the end of the run in slow motion. And without the finish banner in the way.
 

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This is why parallel is fun.

It looked to me like Mikaela was ahead until 20 seconds in where she bashed a gate and lost rhythm. By 23 she's a full meter behind. She smoothly attacks and by 32 she's even. She keeps it going to win by a half meter.

Armchair quarterbacking at its finest!

Eric
 

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The last lead change seems to happen at the gate right behind the finish line banner. Also look 2 gates above that, Vlahove got on her inside ski early in the turn.

A snow snake in the blue course?
 

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Wow!
Out of control, threshing for the win super skiing.
Anybody else would have skied out of the course on that gate where she ends up get her hand behind her and way late.
In racing terms that is called "Pulling it out of your ass!"
Great race.
 
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It would be interesting to see the end of the run in slow motion. And without the finish banner in the way.

That is possible using YouTube settings as one plays a video. With the assistance of slo-mo, here are screenshots. It does appear that some magic happened behind the banner.

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Thanks Karlo! I can't believe I never looked at the YouTube settings before.
 

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I'll throw my uneducated two cents in here, but if you look at the prior gates in the stills, MS seems to have killed more of them. A slightly straighter line perhaps? Whatever it was, quite exciting!
 

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