by WNYSkier » Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:10 pm
Let's see, last year Shriffrin was the dominant SL skier on the WC, this year.....not so much. Still fast? Yup. Able to put together 2 runs against an increasingly strong first seed? Not yet. She has probably lost more SL points in the first two WC SL than she will gain in the limited SG starts she will make this year.
She is still a winner in GS, but with the new skis GS is closer to SG than to SL.
The move to SG isn't just risky from the injury standpoint, it shows poor judgement strategically.
Funny that this is a recurring trend in USST skiers. They come onto the WC as great technical talents, and then migrate to the speed events and lose the technical edge. I don't think it is by chance.....
M
Ski well. Ski fast. Have fun.