American skier Mikaela Shiffrin will get her first shot at redemption following her disastrous start to the Winter Olympics when the women's slalom gets underway on Wednesday.
Shiffrin was the defending Olympic champion going into Monday's giant slalom race, but crashed out at the fifth gate in her first run, leaving Sweden's Sara Hector to win gold.
Unlike four years ago in Pyeongchang, Shiffrin is no longer the outright favourite in Wednesday's race. Since defending Olympic slalom champion Frida Hansdotter retired in 2019, new challengers have come to the fore, none more serious than Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova, who won the 2020 World Cup slalom title and has a healthy lead over second-placed Shiffrin in the World Cup slalom standings this season.
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