Mikaela Shiffrin is expected to race for the first time in nearly 10 months at a pair of World Cup slaloms in Levi, Finland, in November after missing the first two races of the season following a back injury.
Shiffrin tweaked her back in training two weeks before the Oct. 17 season-opening giant slalom in Soelden, Austria. She does not plan to enter the next World Cup — a parallel event, also in Austria — on Nov. 13, her agent confirmed Monday.
She hopes to return for back-to-back slaloms in Levi from Nov. 21-22. Shiffrin owns four victories at the resort that sits 110 miles north of the Arctic Circle, including the last two seasons.