Canadian skier Laurence St-Germain beats Mikaela Shiffrin to slalom gold at worlds

Canadian skier Laurence St-Germain won gold in the women's slalom at the world championships Saturday in Meribel, France, and Mikaela Shiffrin took silver.

The American skier led after the first run but finished 0.57 seconds behind St-Germain of St. Ferréol-les-Neiges, Que., after the final run.

Lena Duerr of Germany was 0.69 behind and won bronze.

Saturday's race was the last women's event of the world championships.

Shiffrin is expected back at World Cup racing in March.