Mikaela Shiffrin and Tessa Worley vacationed in Martinique in the offseason. They finished together on the podium — Worley first, Shiffrin third — in far less inviting weather in the first race of the World Cup season, a giant slalom in Soelden, Austria on Saturday.
Shiffrin, the Olympic GS champion, finished third, .94 behind the Frenchwoman and .59 behind Italian runner-up Federica Brignone.
The start was moved down before the first run due to poor visibility, compounded by windy snowfall and bumpy terrain on the Rettenbach glacier.
“It was a fight,” Worley said.