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Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova will miss the Alpine skiing world championships next month and her team says she's already focusing on the 2026 Winter Games. Vlhova has been Mikaela Shiffrin's main rival in slalom for the past decade. However, Shiffrin has also yet to return from abdominal surgery ahead of the world championships being held Feb. 4-16 in Saalbach, Austria. Vlhova has not raced since tearing the ACL in her right knee one year ago. She crashed in a World Cup giant slalom in her native Slovakia. The 2026 Olympics are being held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo in northern Italy.
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