Consistent Stiegler Top 15 Again

SANTA CATERINA, Italy (Jan. 5, 2016) – Resi Stiegler continued her consistent comeback after her knee injury, taking 14th in the Santa Caterina slalom—her fourth top 15 this season.

But top 15 isn't enough for Stiegler, who is looking for the podium. “I’m pretty excited to get another top 15. I do want a lot more and it’s hard to watch other girls that you know you can beat being in the top five,” said Stiegler. “I wasn’t that far behind when I came down. So obviously that’s what I need to start doing—pushing the envelope a little bit and really putting it on the line a little bit more. I need to get in there; I want to get in there.”

Resi Stiegler attacks the Santa Caterina slalom. (Getty Images/Agence Zoom-Christophe Pallot)

Nina Loeseth of Norway, who has been posting career-best finishes all season, worked off that momentum and grabbed her first-ever World Cup win. She finished ahead of Czech Republic’s Sarka Strachova and Slovakia’s Veronika Velez Zuzulova, who finished second and third, respectively.

The women’s World Cup season continues on Thursday with the first downhill training run in Zauchensee, Austria. The tech team heads to Flachau, Austria for a slalom next Tuesday.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Resi Stiegler took 14th in the Santa Caterina slalom—her fourth top 15 this season.
• The Santa Caterina slalom was rescheduled from Zagreb, Croatia due to lack of snow.
• It was Stiegler’s third time racing the Santa Caterina slalom. She took 17th in a World Cup slalom in 2005 and sixth in the 2005 World Championships.
• Frida Hansdotter of Sweden broke her podium streak, but remains the World Cup slalom points leader by finishing the day in fifth.
• Watch the recap of the women’s Santa Caterina slalom at 4 p.m. ET on Universal HD.
• Next up, the men race slalom in Santa Caterina on Wednesday, while the women head to Flachau, Austria for a slalom next Tuesday.

QUOTES
Resi Stiegler
I’m pretty excited to get another top 15. I do want a lot more and it’s hard to watch other girls that you know you can beat being in the top five. Parts of my first runs aren’t going the way I want them—they’re a bit slow. But at least second run I really hammered. I tried to be like, ‘Don’t worry about going out! Making mistakes is OK!’ And I wasn’t that far behind when I came down. So obviously that’s what I need to start doing—pushing the envelope a little bit and really putting it on the line a little bit more. I need to get in there; I want to get in there.

RESULTS
Women's slalom results