OlympicTalk · Nov 21, 2020
Mikaela Shiffrin runner-up in first World Cup in 300 days
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.
Full results are here.
The women race another slalom in Levi on Sunday. Peacock Premium live streams both runs. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA airs coverage at 6:45 a.m. ET, including the second run live.