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Sports briefly: Mikaela Shiffrin's slalom streak ends

January 29, 2018 at 5:40AM
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Mikaela Shiffrin ended her six-race winning streak in World Cup slaloms Sunday when she stunned her rivals by skiing off course with a lead of a full second in sight of the finish.

Shiffrin lost balance with six gates left, handing victory to Petra Vlhova of Slovakia in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.

It was the final World Cup slalom before the Feb. 14 medal race at Olympics.

She retained her big leads in the World Cup overall and slalom standings, but she's in a slump. Across all disciplines, she hasn't won in six races after opening the season with five victories in a row. She was asked how she feels heading to the Olympics.

"Pretty heartbroken," she said.

Hirscher wins again

Marcel Hirscher took his 55th World Cup victory, in a gialt slalom in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. U.S. skier Ted Ligety placed third, his first podium finish of the season.

Around the horn

Baseball: Francisco Rodriguez, a six-time All-Star closer who slumped to a 7.82 ERA last season for Detroit, agreed to a minor league contract with Philadelphia.

Snowboarding: Olympic champ Iouri Podladtchikov, a Russian who competes for Switzerland, broke his nose in a halfpipe fall at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo. Scans for brain and neck injuries showed no broken bones.

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Auto racing: Action Express Racing won its third Rolex 24 at Daytona, the team of Filipe Albuquerque, Joao Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi driving a Cadillac to victory.

Mixed martial arts: Ronda Rousey, once the superstar of women's mixed martial arts, appeared at a WWE event in Philadelphia and said pro wrestling has "first priority on my time for the next several years."

Men's soccer: Three players, including goaltender Zack Steffen, made their U.S. debuts as the United States and Bosnia played to a 0-0 draw in a friendly in Carson, Calif.

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