Mikaela Shiffrin lost the opening slalom of the Olympic season by one tenth of a second, giving up a first-run lead to Slovakian Petra Vlhova in Levi, Finland, on Saturday.
Shiffrin, the reigning Olympic, world and World Cup champion in slalom, gave up a .21 lead over Vlhova from the morning run.
Shiffrin was aiming for her 27th World Cup slalom win and 32nd overall. Instead, Vlhova, who is 22 like Shiffrin, won her third career World Cup race, all slaloms.
Vlhova also beat Shiffrin at the World Cup Finals in Aspen, Colo.