It was a difficult surface that began to break up after just a few riders at the Austrian resort of Semmering. At the top after the first run are those who started first - Camille Rast (Switzerland), Lara Colturi (Albania) and Katharina Liensberger (Austria).
Even slalom great Mikaela Shiffrin, who won all four World Cup slalom events this winter, couldn't make the podium. She is just over half a second behind Rast in fourth place.
Cornelia Öhlund is eighth, 1.65 seconds behind. Anna Swenn-Larsson is ninth, 2.03 seconds behind. Sara Hector, who came third in the giant slalom yesterday, is in 14th place, 3.07 seconds behind.
The second run starts at 5:45 p.m. local time.
