Slovakia's Petra Vlhova speeds down the course during the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom race, in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.

Vlhova and Gisin shared the lead after the opening run, but the World Cup discipline champion from Slovakia beat her Swiss opponent by 0.31 seconds in the final leg.

In a World Cup race that nearly ended in a triple dead heat, Federica Brignone and Petra Vlhova shared a giant slalom victory Saturday in which Mikaela Shiffrin finished 0.01 seconds behind in third.

Vlhova, 29, who won the slalom gold at the Beijing Olympics in 2022, topped the World Cup rankings in 2021. She has won six medals at world championships, including a giant slalom gold in 2019.

Vlhova trailed the American by 0.17 seconds after the opening run but posted the fastest second-run time to lead the race. Shiffrin was the last starter and lost time on Vlhova at each split and ...

Under Magoni, Vlhova developed from a slalom specialist into an all-event skier. She edged three-time overall champion Mikaela Shiffrin to the World Cup slalom title in 2019-20 and became the ...

Vlhova won the season title in slalom last year but has won one race in the current campaign — a night event in Austria in January. Vlhova led Croatian prodigy Leona Popovic by 0.32 seconds.

Vlhova, who is the Olympic champion in the discipline, became the sixth skier in women’s World Cup history to win 20 career World Cup slaloms. Shiffrin holds the record of 53 slalom wins.

Slovakia's Petra Vlhova was in a class of her own on Saturday as she finished the women's World Cup slalom race in Levi, Finland, more than a second in front of her rivals, while favourite ...

Vlhova built a lead of 0.26 seconds over both Duerr and Leona Popovic, who shared second place. The Croatian skier tumbled and lost a ski when passing the last gate but managed to finish.

Slovakia's Petra Vlhova celebrates on the podium after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom race, in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Credit: AP/Giovanni Maria Pizzato ...