Shiffrin spent the month of December recovering from an injury. This week, she took a few ski laps, but her reintroduction to the World Cup is still pending.
With injured slalom stars Mikaela Shiffrin and Petra Vlhova missing, Liensberger had a free-flowing run under the floodlights to build a big lead of 0.75 seconds over Wendy Holdener of Switzerland.
Lauren Macuga broke through with her first Alpine skiing World Cup victory, becoming the youngest American to win a World Cup speed race since Lindsey Vonn in 2007.
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