Zuzulová and Žampa are national champions

ALPINE skiers Veronika Velez-Zuzulová and Adam Žampa won the Slovak national championship with international participation.

Veronika Velez-ZuzulováVeronika Velez-Zuzulová (Source: TASR)

Velez-Zuzulová (31) won her ninth title as a Slovak national champion and seventh in slalom racing.

She defeated another successful Slovak representative Petra Vlhová, outmatching her by 1.29 seconds. Martina Dubovská, a Slovak racing for Czech representation, finished third, the TASR newswire reported.

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Žampa (25) won his eighth national title. Second place went to Slovak Matej Falata and in third Martin Hyška.

Both Žampa and Velez-Zuzulová praised the conditions and organisation of the competition.

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