- It was almost a perfect ride and I did not see that one could squeeze the leadership time by eight tenths, says SVT's expert Tobias Hellman.

Shiffrin looked to have secured the overall World Cup as early as January, but then her father Jeff passed away in early February and since then the American has not competed.

Technology specialist Petra Vlhova has taken the step fully and is now running all branches. She scared the crowd with a twist in the middle of the track but parried and had a nice attack in the rest of the track

- Her development curve in speed is impressive. She has taken many steps this winter, says Tobias Hellman.

Vlhova finished four, previously person-bailed in the downhill race was a sixth place. She got 50 world cups and is now third in the total cup at 1121 points, compared to Shiffrins 1225. Federica Brignone, seven today, is second at 1148.

Shiffrin: "I can't breathe"

World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin has not competed since her father's passing on February 2.

"I can not breathe. I have been left hoping that one day I will be able to breathe again, ”Shiffrin wrote earlier today on Twitter, attaching a picture where she is five years old with dad Jeff, who turned 65.

"It is doubtful if she will start this season at all," Hellman thinks.

The team around Shiffrin has not communicated any information about how she is about to start competing again.