Petra Vlhova Dominates First Women's World Cup Slalom, Shiffrin Finishes Fourth

Shiffrin races with bruised knee from training accident; Vlhova becomes sixth skier to win 20 career World Cup slaloms

Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova dominated the first women's World Cup slalom of the season, winning both runs and finishing 1.70 seconds ahead of American Mikaela Shiffrin, who finished fourth.
Despite racing with a bruised left knee from a training accident, Shiffrin stated that the injury did not affect her performance in the race.
Vlhova's victory marks her 20th career World Cup slalom win, making her the sixth skier in women's World Cup history to achieve this milestone.
Lena Duerr of Germany finished second, 1.41 seconds behind Vlhova, and former slalom world champion Katharina Liensberger of Austria placed third.
Shiffrin and Vlhova have dominated the traditional season-opening slalom in Finnish Lapland, with no other skier winning since Tina Maze of Slovenia in 2014.