Slovakia’s newly topped Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova will skip the downhill and alpine mixed on the Beijing Games after selecting up an ankle harm, it was confirmed Sunday.
Vlhova’s brother Boris Vlha instructed AFP that the 26-year-old had opted to relaxation her left ankle and “put together for the rest of the season”.
Vlhova is current world silver medallist in the combined and would have been one of the favourites for Thursday’s race.
Vlhova is also the reigning World Cup overall champion, standing second in this season’s rankings 17 points behind American Mikaela Shiffrin.
Female racing on the World Cup circuit resumes with a super-G and giant slalom on March 5-6 at the Swiss resort of Lenzerheide.
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