Moltzan wins World Cup race for 1st time, Shiffrin finishes giant slalom in 7th as ski season starts

SOLDEN, Austria (AP) — American Paula Moltzan broke through with her first career World Cup win while Mikaela Shiffrin finished the women's giant slalom in seventh as the Alpine ski racing season opened on Saturday.Shiffrin led after the first run in Sölden, Austria, on the Rettenbach glacier. But her second run wasn't good enough and sent the Olympic slalom champion down to seventh.When Shiffrin crossed the line, it was Moltzan who was left celebrating her first World Cup win at age 32.“It feels like a fairy tale right now, pretty unreal,” Moltzan said.For years Moltzan has been considered the second-best technical skier on the American team behind Shiffrin.The Minnesota native grew up idolizing Lindsey Vonn, skiing on the same hill in Minnesota where Vonn learned to race. Both of her parents were ski instructors at Buck Hill, and Moltzan moved into the elite program led by Vonn’s former coach, Erich Sailer, when she was 12.In February, Moltzan won an Olympic bronze medal in team comb