Bravo! Truppe on the podium as Aicher claims maiden win in Levi

The 30-year-old improves in the second run to climb onto the podium. Aicher takes her first slalom victory.

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First slalom of the season, first podium for Austria's female skiers! Katharina Truppe races to third place in Levi.

Victory – and with it the prestigious reindeer – goes to Germany's Emma Aicher, who defended her first-run lead to win a slalom for the first time in her young career.

Lara Cloturi (ALB) also defended her position from the first run, finishing runner-up behind Aicher (+0.43). Truppe, who posted the fastest time in the second run, was 0.50 seconds behind Aicher at the finish.

Vlhova makes her return – Rings-Wanner scores first World Cup points

Katharina Huber, on the other hand, was unable to defend her sixth place from the opening run and dropped back to ninth (+1.89).

Meanwhile, Petra Vlhova announced her return with some superb sector times. 1,008 days after her last World Cup race, the Slovakian finished 16th (+2.43) in her comeback.

Valentina Rings-Wanner delivered a fantastic display of her talent. Starting with the high bib number 70, the 21-year-old Tyrolean qualified for the second run and improved even further in the final run to take 23rd place (+3.45). Franziska Gritsch finished just behind in 25th (+3.60).