Anna Swenn-Larsson and Wendy Holdener on the podium in Levi

The HEAD Worldcup Rebels delivered an impressive team performance in the two Slalom events in Levi. In the first Slalom on Saturday, Anna Swenn-Larsson finished in second place, with four HEAD athletes finishing among the best seven. Wendy Holdener took second place on Sunday, with three Rebels finishing in the top five.

"It was almost a perfect weekend for us. All that was missing was the victory, but that is bound to still come," says HEAD Racing Director Rainer Salzgeber. "What the whole team managed was sensational. You can see that everyone has gotten better over the past few years. All our athletes can now look forward to the next races and travel to the USA with confidence. Sara Hector usually takes a while to get into the season. I hope that following these Slalom results she will now take control in the Giant Slalom."

Anna Swenn-Larsson missed her first Slalom World Cup victory on Saturday by just 16 hundredths of a second. In the first run the 31-year-old Swedish athlete was in second place, a position she secured with the third-fastest time on the second run. Wendy Holdener, who finished with a strong fifth place on Saturday, improved again on Sunday. Following a fourth place on the first run, the Swiss athlete moved up to second place overall with the second-fastest time on a brilliant second run. With this second place, the 29-year-old now holds a total of 30 Slalom podiums.

Lena Dürr skied a great first run on Saturday. The German athlete started into the second run as the leader, 45 hundredths of a second in front of Anna Swenn-Larsson, but in the end she was a bit too cautious. Nevertheless, the 31-year-old demonstrated on the first run, and with fourth place overall, that she has not lost her outstanding form since last season. On Sunday Lena Dürr finished second on the first run, but ended up in fourth place after the second run. Sara Hector finished fifth on Sunday to equal her best ever World Cup result in the Slalom, which she achieved in Lenzerheide in March 2021. On Saturday the Swedish athlete finished seventh.