Practice made perfect for Petra Vlhova on Saturday, beating Mikaela Shiffrin in the first World Cup slalom of the season. The Slovakian overall champion had been training for three weeks in ...

Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova has won a women’s World Cup slalom after Mikaela Shiffrin straddled a gate and didn't finished the opening run. Skip to main content. Open Main Menu Navigation.

Slovakia's Petra Vlhova is carried down with a toboggan after falling during the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom race, in Jasna, Slovakia, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024.

Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova will miss the Alpine skiing world championships next month after a setback in her recovery from a knee injury and is already focusing on the 2026 Winter Games ...

COURCHEVEL, France — Mikaela Shiffrin 2, Petra Vlhova 2. The two best slalom skiers on the women’s World Cup continued their rivalry Thursday, as Vlhova used a frenetic final run to edge out ...

Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova will continue to be sidelined from competition until at least mid-January. She still has discomfort in her right knee that was surgically repaired last winter and ...

Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova will miss the Alpine skiing world championships next month after a setback in her recovery from a knee injury and is already focusing on the 2026 Winter Games ...

Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova, a rival to American Mikaela Shiffrin, injured her knee one year ago, and will miss the Alpine skiing world championships next month after a setback in her recovery.

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.

Vlhova, a 29-year-old Slovakian, has been sidelined since falling in a Jan. 20 race, tearing at least one right knee ligament. On Oct. 21, Vlhova said she had no pain.

Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova has won a women’s World Cup slalom after Mikaela Shiffrin straddled a gate and didn't finished the opening run.