UPDATE (7:40 a.m.): First run results are in. Shiffrin is currently in fourth place, behind Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway, Petra Vlhova of Slovakia and Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany in first.
ARE, Sweden (AP) — Wind and rain could affect the women’s giant slalom at the world championships.
Amid unseasonably warm weather in the Swedish resort of Are, it was raining on the course 90 minutes before the race was to begin.
The first run is slated to start at 6:15 a.m. MST and the second run at 09:45 a.m. MST.
Strong winds on the upper section were also an issue.
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Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin starts second among 98 competitors.
Shiffrin already won gold in the super-G.
