Shiffrin finishes second to Vlhova

Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova beat Olympic and world champion Mikaela Shiffrin to win the first women’s World Cup slalom of the season at Levi, Finland.

Trailing Shiffrin by 0.21 after the opening leg, Vlhova used a near-perfect second run to finish in 1 minute, 49.98 seconds and edge the overall World Cup champion by 0.10.

From wire reports