MERIBEL, France—Mikaela Shiffrin put herself in pole position to reclaim her slalom title at the world championships with a rock-solid run to lead after the first leg on Saturday.
The American, who won Thursday’s giant slalom to claim a seventh world championship gold, made no mistakes as she clocked 52.54 seconds to top the time sheet.
Swiss Wendy Holdener was second, 0.19 seconds off Shiffrin’s pace while Canada’s Laurence St-Germain was third quickest just over half a second back.
The dominant Shiffrin, 27, was unbeatable in world championships slalom as she won in 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019 but had to settle for bronze in Cortina in 2021….