Shiffrin won the eighth-place Reindeer on Levi, with Rast and Meillard finishing fifth and seventh, respectively.

Mikaela Shiffrin is two wins shy of 100 World Cup wins. The American won his first slalom title of the season in Levi, Finland. Camille Rast is the best Swiss woman in fifth place and Mélanie Meillard is seventh.

After 1st run

Mikaela Shiffrin declared tariffs again in slalom. The American set the clear fastest time in the first run in Levi, Finland. The highest-ranked Swiss woman is Camille Rast, ranked seventh.

Will Mikaela Shiffrin win her eighth Levi's title?Image: trapezoid

Last was 1.22 seconds behind Shiffrin and half a second behind Croatia's Zrinka Ljutic in third place. Rust showed with her ride that she is in good shape for the start of the new season too – a winter in which she is targeting a first podium finish at the World Cup.

“Because of the rain, I couldn't see clearly down there and made some small mistakes,” Rust said on SRF. She was having a great time, looking forward to the decision and hoping the rain would lighten up a bit.

Drawing begins on Friday.Image: trapezoid

The comebacks of Holdner and Danios

As the second best Swiss rider, Mélanie Meillard is tenth in the provisional rankings, directly ahead of Michelle Gisin.

Wendy Holdener, who missed nearly all of last season with a broken left ankle, is currently ranked 13th after competing in the World Cup slalom for the first time in a year. Horner said at SRF that she was pleased with many of the turns and “I was really surprised.” She revealed that she barely slept a wink that night because she was so nervous.

Wendy Holdner returns to the World Cup.Image: trapezoid

Switzerland's second returner, Aline Danioth, was three and a half seconds slower than Shiffrin and therefore will not be involved in the judging. The woman from canton Uri returns to the World Cup for the first time after a long break. She tore her cruciate ligament in March last year, her sixth serious injury, and has struggled to recover again.

Like Danios, Elena Stoffel is three percent behind in 31st place, Aline Höpli and Janine Mächler Also failed to qualify for the second round. Nicole Good was eliminated in the first half of the court.

The 100th World Cup victory is in sight

Shiffrin was six tenths of a second away from her first suitor, German Lena Dürr. Slovakia's Petra Vlhova didn't feel ready to compete after tearing her cruciate ligament in January, and in the absence, the American convincingly made her eighth appearance in Levi's The victory laid the foundation for what would become her 98th World Cup victory. (Random Access Memory/SDA)

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