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Petra Vlhova wins fifth straight slalom; Mikaela Shiffrin just off podium

Petra Vlhova won her fifth straight World Cup slalom, while Mikaela Shiffrin‘s streak of 17 straight World Cup slalom podiums ended in Levi, Finland, on Sunday.

Vlhova, the world giant slalom champion from Slovakia, notched her second victory in as many days.

She prevailed by .31 of a second, combining times from two runs. Swiss Michelle Gisin was second, followed by Austrian Kathharina Liensberger and Swiss Wendy Holdener.

Shiffrin, racing this weekend for the first time in 300 days, had the fourth-fastest opening run and the ninth-fastest second run to finish fifth overall, .