Schmidhofer waited in the leader's seat in the finish lap in sunny Lake Louise, Lindsey Vonn's favorite hill in Canada, when Shiffrin challenged heavily in the competition with a long ride. Schmidhofer was out in 1.49.92 - 0.13 before Shiffrin.

Norwegian Kajsa Vickhoff Lie was on the way to a giant bark and led with 0.47 halfway in the track from start number 21 but had lost the lead when she drove out at the end.