Harbin, Feb. 8 -- Chisaki Maeda of Japan won the women's slalom of alpine skiing at the 9th Asian Winter Games at Yabuli here on Saturday.
Finishing the first run first in 47.29 seconds and tying South Korea's Gim So-hui in the second run in 46.21, the 26-year-old Japanese combined a total result of one minute and 33.50 seconds to claim the gold.
Gim settled for the silver at 0.56 seconds, while Japan's Eren Watanabe took bronze, 0.86 seconds further back.
"I arrived here yesterday morning. It was a tight schedule for me. I think my performance is very good today, so I am very happy. I am not nervous before the competition, and the result didn't beyond my expectation," Maeda said.
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