Slovakia's Vlhova dominates 1st women's World Cup slalom of season in Finland

Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova dominated the first women's World Cup slalom of the season Saturday by clearly winning both runs in Levi, Finland, with Mikaela Shiffrin finishing in fourth.

The American, who raced with a bruised left knee following a training crash last week, trailed Vlhova by 0.42 seconds after the opening run but ultimately finished 1.70 behind.

Lena Duerr of Germany was 1.41 behind in second and former slalom world champion Katharina Liensberger placed third for the Austrian's first podium result in 15 slaloms since January 2022.

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.

What a run by Petra Vlhova!