Croatian Zrinka Ljutic earned her third World Cup slalom win this season, while Mikaela Shiffrin placed 10th in her first race in two months as she works her way back from tearing oblique muscles in a Nov.

Mikaela Shiffrin finished 10th in a World Cup slalom race on her injury comeback on Thursday, with Croatian racer Zrinka Ljutic winning in style under floodlights at Courchevel. The 21-year-old Ljutic has won three of the past four slaloms.

Mikaela Shiffrin resumed her quest for a milestone 100th World Cup win on Thursday in Courchevel, France where she was in fifth place following the opening run of the slalom event two months after a ski crash left her with a puncture wound in her abdomen.

In her first World Cup race since November, Mikaela Shiffrin finished 10th in a slalom that will serve as a world championships tune-up.

American ski queen Mikaela Shiffrin returned from an injury lay-off with her worst slalom result in more than decade, placing 10th on Thursday in Courchevel where Croatia's Zrinka Ljutic claimed an emphatic statement victory.

Mikaela Shiffrin’s pursuit of World Cup win No. 100 isn’t at the top of her priority list on the eve of her return to ski racing two months after a serious crash.

Mikaela Shiffrin will race for the first time in almost nine weeks, since a crash in Killington, Vermont, left her with a deep gash in her obliques.

Mikaela Shiffrin resumed her quest for her 100th World Cup victory in Courchevel, France, following a two-month recovery from a serious ski crash. Despite focusing on recovery, Shiffrin finished fifth in the slalom event.

Mikaela Shiffrin's pursuit of World Cup win No. 100 isn't at the top of her priority list on the eve of her return to ski racing two months after a