On 15 and 16 November 2025, Levi opened the slalom season, three months before the Milan Cortina Games. We had presented the favourites and ventured a few predictions. We leave them in place, with their errors corrected, and add the verdict of the slope.
This part was published on 10 November 2025, before the races. The figures quoted are those known at that date.
The men: Kristoffersen, Meillard and the Norwegian wave
Henrik KristoffersenNOR arrives as the man to beat. At 31, he won his fourth slalom globe in the spring. Levi suits him: two victories, in 2014 and 2019, and six podiums in seven starts.
Loïc Meillard reached a new level in 2025, becoming slalom world champion in Saalbach. Yet Levi remains a puzzle for him. His best result there is a third place, in 2024.
Clément NoëlFRA is the defending champion. He is a walking paradox: often the fastest, not always at the finish. Behind them, Norway is pushing. Timon HauganNOR won three slaloms in 2025, including the Sun Valley finals. Atle Lie McGrath, the world silver medallist, triumphed in Wengen. For Finland, Eduard HallbergFIN, twelfth at the World Championships, dreams of a second run on home snow.
The women: Shiffrin and her challengers
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Mikaela ShiffrinUSA comes to Levi with 101 World Cup victories, eight of them at Levi. She needs no further introduction. The question is who can keep up with her.
Zrinka LjutićCRO won the slalom globe in 2025, but has never stood on the podium at Levi. The Swiss bring the Saalbach titles: Camille Rast, the world champion, and Wendy Holdener, second at Levi in 2016, 2019 and 2022. Lena DürrGER has five podiums here, without a win. Our tip is Lara ColturiALB. Runner-up in Gurgl a year earlier, she is only 18.
One absence weighs on the race: Petra VlhováSVK, a six-time winner at Levi. After a knee injury at Jasna in January 2024, she has not raced since. Her comeback would come in February 2026, at the Milan Cortina Games.
What the slope made of it
In the women’s race, the slope proved us right. On 15 November, Shiffrin won by 1.66 seconds. It was her 102nd World Cup victory, her 65th in slalom and her ninth at Levi. Lara Colturi took second place on her 19th birthday, ahead of Emma AicherGER. “I said, ‘Just live the moment,’” she recounted.
In the men’s race, the slope set us straight. On 16 November, Lucas Pinheiro BraathenBRA led after the first run and held on. He beat Noël by 31 hundredths. It was Brazil’s first World Cup win. Eduard Hallberg, starting with bib 29, finished third. Our favourite, Kristoffersen, was only thirteenth.
Run 1
84 startersRun 2
30 startersGap to the fastest time among all starters at each timing point. Timing points are evenly spaced: their position on the course is not published. Source: FIS, Longines timing.
Table of values
| Int. 1 | Int. 2 | Int. 3 | Finish | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Mikaela Shiffrin | 13.48 · 1 · — | 25.19 · 1 · — | 44.13 · 1 · — | 56.08 · 1 · — |
| Run 1 | Lara Colturi | 13.74 · 11 · +0.26 | 25.96 · 13 · +0.77 | 45.36 · 2 · +1.23 | 57.16 · 2 · +1.08 |
| Run 1 | Emma Aicher | 13.90 · 25 · +0.42 | 26.09 · 17 · +0.90 | 45.93 · 9 · +1.80 | 58.00 · 7 · +1.92 |
| Int. 1 | Int. 2 | Int. 3 | Finish | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 2 | Mikaela Shiffrin | 12.54 · 3 · +0.10 | 23.35 · 2 · +0.07 | 42.38 · 1 · — | 52.84 · 1 · — |
| Run 2 | Lara Colturi | 12.84 · 25 · +0.40 | 23.61 · 7 · +0.33 | 42.78 · 4 · +0.40 | 53.42 · 3 · +0.58 |
| Run 2 | Emma Aicher | 12.68 · 8 · +0.24 | 23.50 · 4 · +0.22 | 42.71 · 3 · +0.33 | 53.51 · 4 · +0.67 |
Time · rank at the point (all starters) · gap to the fastest time at that point, in seconds.
Run 1
81 startersRun 2
30 startersGap to the fastest time among all starters at each timing point. Timing points are evenly spaced: their position on the course is not published. Source: FIS, Longines timing.
Table of values
| Int. 1 | Int. 2 | Int. 3 | Finish | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Lucas Pinheiro Braathen | 12.90 · 5 · +0.16 | 24.57 · 2 · +0.03 | 43.26 · 1 · — | 54.13 · 1 · — |
| Run 1 | Clément Noël | 12.82 · 3 · +0.08 | 24.54 · 1 · — | 43.58 · 2 · +0.32 | 54.54 · 2 · +0.41 |
| Run 1 | Eduard Hallberg | 12.95 · 12 · +0.21 | 24.72 · 4 · +0.18 | 44.26 · 6 · +1.00 | 55.03 · 5 · +0.90 |
| Int. 1 | Int. 2 | Int. 3 | Finish | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 2 | Lucas Pinheiro Braathen | 12.77 · 9 · +0.10 | 24.63 · 4 · +0.17 | 45.64 · 12 · +0.58 | 56.59 · 11 · +0.86 |
| Run 2 | Clément Noël | 12.79 · 13 · +0.12 | 24.70 · 6 · +0.24 | 45.61 · 11 · +0.55 | 56.49 · 10 · +0.76 |
| Run 2 | Eduard Hallberg | 12.77 · 9 · +0.10 | 24.94 · 16 · +0.48 | 45.59 · 9 · +0.53 | 56.26 · 6 · +0.53 |
Time · rank at the point (all starters) · gap to the fastest time at that point, in seconds.
Away from the podium
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Levi 2025 was the weekend of the small nations. Brazil won, Albania took second place, Finland returned to the podium. There was also what is less often seen.
Laurie TaylorGBR finished fourth, four hundredths behind Hallberg. In the women’s race, Hungary’s Zita TóthHUN qualified for the second run with bib 60. Rosa PohjolainenFIN did so with 65, in front of her home crowd. These are places the standings forget. Ski25 records them.
Next stop, Milan Cortina
Levi opened the race for Olympic selection: no more than four athletes per nation and per event. Three months later, Pinheiro Braathen gave Brazil South America’s first medal at the Winter Games, an Olympic title. The slalom globe, meanwhile, went to Atle Lie McGrath, who had gone out at Levi. A slalom winter is rarely decided in November.
Lara Colturi, closing in on a first win. Read the profile
Eduard Hallberg, the Finn who lit up Levi again. Read the profile
Article published on 10 November 2025, revised on 6 October 2026: factual errors corrected (Levi roll of honour, Mikaela Shiffrin’s victories, Saalbach World Championships), pre-race statistics trimmed, 2025 race results and a review of our predictions added.