Mikaela Shiffrin’s flashbacks to her November crash in the giant slalom are happening less and less when she’s training.

Mikaela Shiffrin is not yet competitive in her tentative return to racing in giant slaloms.

Italian skier Federica Brignone won the first World Cup giant slalom after taking gold at the world championships.

Alice Robinson earned New Zealand’s first medal.

Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin is the latest elite skier to test positive for COVID-19 with the Beijing Games less than six weeks away.

New Zealand's Alice Robinson reacts after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Sunday, March 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)LENZERHEIDE – An aggressive second run lifted teenager Alice Robinson ahead of Mikaela Shiffrin to win a giant slalom that ended the women’s World Cup ski season on Sunday. It was the 19-year-old New Zealander’s third win in giant slalom on the World Cup circuit. Marta Bassino, who already secured the season-long giant slalom title, trailed by 1.45 in seventh. One day after being crowned the overall World Cup champion, Petra Vlhova ended her tiring season with an 11th-place finish.