Hoefl-Riesch Wins Slalom, Vonn Skis out in Sweden Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany won a World Cup slalom on Saturday, while overall champion Lindsey Vonn skied out during her second run. Hoefl-Riesch edged Veronika Zuzulova of Slovakia by just one hundredth of a second. She finished in 1 minute, 49.85 seconds to win the 23rd World Cup race of her career. Canadian Marie-Michele Gagnon was third. Vonn skidded out, failing to improve on her 1,808 points. The American is bidding to become the first female skier to break 2,000 points in one season. Four races worth a total 400 points remain at the finals in Schladming, Austria. Germany's Maria Hoefl-Riesch celebrates after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Are, Sweden, Saturday, March 10, 2012. AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati Hoefl-Schild won her third World Cup race win this season. She won a downhill race last month in Sochi, Russia, and a super-combined race in St Moritz in January. Last year, Hoefl-Riesch won the World Cup overall title by just three points ahead of Vonn. Austrian Marlies Schild, who had already secured the slalom World Cup title for the fourth time in her career this season, only managed a joint sixth place with Swede Frida Hansdotter, 0.29 behind the winner. World champion Schild, winner of six slalom races this season, was bidding to equal Swiss Vreni Schneider's record of 34 slalom World Cup wins. American 16-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin was fourth after the first run. But she had a slower second run and finished tied for ninth with Swede Anna Swenn-Larsson. The pair finished 0.39 behind Hoefl-Riesch.