Shiffrin was third-fastest in the slalom in her second race since being sidelined two months following a Nov. 30 giant slalom crash.They prevailed by 39 hundredths of a second over Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami and Wendy Holdener.

Mikaela Shiffrin won a record-equaling 15th world championship medal and Breezy Johnson became double world champion on Tuesday when the American pair took gold in the new team combined event. Shiffrin was third-fastest in the slalom at the Alpine skiing worlds,

Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson won the gold medal in the new team combined event at the Alpine skiing world championships, rising from fourth place after the downhill leg when the leaders faltered in the slalom.