Lindsey Vonn will miss the World Cup season-opening race in Soelden, Austria, for a fourth straight year.
Julia Mancuso is also out of the Oct. 22 giant slalom as she works on returning from hip surgery, according to the U.S. Ski Team.
Sochi Olympic champions Mikaela Shiffrin and Ted Ligety are expected to race in Soelden next weekend (NBC Sports app, 5:45 a.m. and 8:25 a.m. ET, Oct. 22 and Oct. 23).
Vonn’s absence is unsurprising, given her best events are the downhill and super-G. Vonn has raced nine giant slaloms the last two seasons, with one victory, a fifth, a 13th, a 14th and five DNFs.