Mikaela Shiffrin resumed her quest for a milestone 100th World Cup win on Thursday in Courchevel, France where she was in fifth place following the opening run of the slalom event two months after a ski crash left her with a puncture wound in her abdomen.

Mikaela Shiffrin’s pursuit of World Cup win No. 100 isn’t at the top of her priority list on the eve of her return to ski racing two months after a serious crash.

For the past two years, the Capital Cup has resided at the Everyday Cafe in Contoocook. After Wednesday evening’s victory, the Hopkinton Alpine ski team brought it back yet again. Senior Merrick Chapin topped the boys’ standings,

On Nov. 30, Shiffrin crashed in a giant slalom run in Killington, Vermont, while bidding to become the first Alpine skier to reach 100 World Cup victories. She tumbled over and sustained a puncture wound seven centimeters deep into the right side of her abdomen, tearing into her external and internal oblique muscles.

American ski queen Mikaela Shiffrin returned from an injury lay-off with her worst slalom result in more than decade, placing 10th on Thursday in Courchevel where Croatia's Zrinka Ljutic claimed an emphatic statement victory.

Mikaela Shiffrin was in fifth place — just 0.87 seconds behind the Croatian phenom Zrinka Ljutic — after her first run on the Courchevel, France Slalom race Thursday night in

Croatian Zrinka Ljutic earned her third World Cup slalom win this season, while Mikaela Shiffrin placed 10th in her first race in two months as she works her way back from tearing oblique muscles in a Nov.

American Mikaela Shiffrin paid homage to the victims of an air crash after placing tenth at Thursday's World Cup slalom race in Courchevel ahead of the world championships starting in Austria next week.