Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova will miss the Alpine skiing world championships next month and her team says she's already focusing on the 2026 Winter Games.

Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova will miss next month's World Alpine Skiing Championships and has now been sidelined due to injury for more than one year. Vlhova, a 29-year-old from Slovakia, fell in a race last Jan.

Reigning Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova will miss the skiing world championships in Austria next month as she continues her recovery from a serious knee injury, her coach said on Monday.

Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova will miss the World Championships in Austria next month, with the Slovak racer still recovering from a knee injury she suffered a year ago.