Shiffrin loses women’s combined crown after skiing out on slalom run

• Italy's Federica Brignone wins gold at world championships
• American straddles the third-to-last gate, losing title

Italian skier Federica Brignone won the women's combined race on Monday on the opening day of the world championships after defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin skied out near the end of her slalom run.

Shiffrin seemed to be on her way to beating Brignone but the American straddled the third-to-last gate. She trailed Brignone by 0.96 seconds after the super-G portion of the race but had made up 0.88sec of that difference before skiing out.