Petra Vlhová suffers season-ending knee injury in giant slalom crash

• Shiffrin rival Vlhova injured in home World Cup giant slalom
• Olympic slalom champion transported off hill during first run
• Hector wins ahead of Shiffrin and New Zealand's Robinson

Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova, who is Mikaela Shiffrin's main rival in slalom, crashed and was transported off the hill with an apparent knee injury on Saturday during the first run of a women's World Cup giant slalom.

Vlhova was undergoing medical examinations" at a nearby hospital, her team said in an initial statement.