Mikaela Shiffrin finished top 10 in her first World Cup race in almost nine weeks. She had a deep gash in her oblique muscles after a Nov. 30 crash

Mikaela Shiffrin finished 10th in a World Cup slalom race on her injury comeback with Croatian racer Zrinka Ljutic winning in style under floodlights at Courchevel.

Returning before next month's world championships and chasing a record-extending 100th World Cup win, the American struggled with her timing on both runs.