Mikaela Shiffrin returned from her longest break between ski races and resumed her rivalry with Petra Vlhova, taking second to the Slovakian at a World Cup slalom in Levi, Finland, on Saturday.
Vlhova won the first slalom of the season by .18 of a second, combining times from two runs. Shiffrin, racing for the first time since Jan. 26 and her father’s death Feb. 2, was .15 behind after the first run.
Austrian Katharina Liensberger took third.
The women race another slalom in Levi on Sunday.