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

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.

Croatia's Zrinka Ljutic earned her third World Cup win of the season on Thursday in the women's slalom in Courchevel, France, where Mikaela Shiffrin finished 10th on her return from an injury suffered two months ago.