LEVI, Finland (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin opened the Olympic slalom season in dominating style Saturday by taking a big lead in the first run of a World Cup race in Finnish Lapland.

The American star posted the fastest split times in three of the four sections on the Levi Black course and finished 1.08 seconds ahead of second-placed Lara Colturi.

Colturi, an Italian-born prodigy competing for Albania, won 0.15 on Shiffrin’s time in the final section. Colturi turned 19 on Saturday.

Germany’s Lena Duerr stood third and slalom World Cup champion Zrinka Ljutic of Croatia was fourth. Only seven racers had less than two seconds to make up in the second leg later Saturday.

Shiffrin's teammate Paula Moltzan, who finished runner-up in the season-opening giant slalom in Austria three weeks ago, wa

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