Emma Aicher won the first World Cup slalom of the season in Levi, Finland, ahead of Albania’s Lara Colturi and Austria’s Katharina Truppe. It was reportedly Aicher’s first World Cup victory in slalom and the first time since 2014 that a skier other than Mikaela Shiffrin or Petra Vlhová won the Levi event.

Shiffrin was absent, while Vlhová returned after two years out with injury and finished 16th. As the winner, Aicher received the traditional reindeer gift and chose the names Rudolph, Ingemar and Winkie. The reindeer remain at the Ounaskievari Reindeer Farm near Levi, where skiers can visit them.