Mikaela Shiffrin was denied a 70th World Cup win by Slovakian rival Petra Vlhova in a giant slalom in Jasna, Slovakia, on Sunday.
Shiffrin, the first-run leader by .16 of a second over Vlhova, ended up third after the second run, when she was held at the start for a few minutes while course workers fixed a broken gate.
Vlhova prevailed by .16 over New Zealand’s Alice Robinson for an extra meaningful victory on home snow.
Vlhova, who last year supplanted Shiffrin as the world’s top slalom skier, ended a 20- international race victory drought, her longest since her 2nd of now 19 World Cup wins in March 2017.