Brignone tops super-G, Shiffrin poised for combined slalom

[ASFN Admin]

Mikaela Shiffrin was perfectly poised to bag her seventh world gold medal after finishing sixth fastest in the opening super-G of the women's alpine combined in Meribel on Monday.The women's combined is the first of 13 medal events -- comprising six women's races, six men's races and one mixed-gender team event -- at the biennial worlds in Meribel and Courchevel, which run until February 19. lp/mw

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