Alpine Skiing - FIS Ski World Cup - Levi - Women's Slalom - Kittila, Finland - November 21, 2020 Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. in action Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via REUTERS
(Reuters) - Double Olympic gold medallist Mikaela Shiffrin marked her return to the Alpine ski World Cup circuit after a gap of 300 days with a second-placed finish in the slalom in Levi, Finland, on Saturday.
The 25-year-old American missed last month's season-opening giant slalom in Soelden, Austria, with a back injury but showed no signs of the problem, finishing 0.18 seconds behind Slovakia's Petra Vlhova who clocked a total of one minute 50.11 seconds after her two runs.
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