Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova will continue to be sidelined from competition until at least mid-January. She still has discomfort in her right knee that was surgically repaired last winter and ...

Vlhova, a 29-year-old Slovakian, has been sidelined since falling in a Jan. 20 race, tearing at least one right knee ligament. On Oct. 21, Vlhova said she had no pain.

Slovakia's Petra Vlhova competes in an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom race, in Soldeu, Andorra, on March 19, 2023. Credit: AP/Alessandro Trovati By The Associated PressDecember 12, 2024 ...

Petra Vlhova, the Slovakian skier who has been an arch-rival of Mikaela Shiffrin in the slalom and giant slalom events, will miss the first two women's races of the 2024/25 Alpine Skiing World Cup sea ...

Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova, who is Mikaela Shiffrin's long-term rival in slalom, was ruled out for the rest of the World Cup season after suffering a knee injury Saturday during the first run of ...

Petra Vlhova, being removed from the course on a sled, won gold in the slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics Petra Vlhova's season is over after the Slovakian skier sustained a knee injury during a ...

KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia -- Slovakian skier Petra Vlhová held on to her first-run lead to win a women's World Cup slalom Sunday after Mikaela Shiffrin failed to finish the opening leg. Racing in ...

Shiffrin, as the last starter, lost time on Vlhova at each split and ultimately came up 0.24 short. "Petra is just an incredible slalom skier. It's not possible to beat her unless I am at 100 percent.