AP, ARE, SwedenMikaela Shiffrin 1, Petra Vlhova 1: Over to the slalom to determine who is the queen of the skiing World Championships. Shiffrin took bronze to add to the gold medal she won in the super-G on the opening day. Aged 23 like Shiffrin, Vlhova is proving to be the biggest threat to the American’s dominance of Alpine skiing. There was already added external pressure on the American after she chose to skip the combined to preserve energy for the giant slalom and slalom. She even overcame crashing into a gate in between the second and third checkpoints of the second run, which saw her briefly lose control.

Source: Taipei Times February 15, 2019 16:01 UTC