Austria's Katharina Liensberger upstaged US rival Mikaela Shiffrin to claim her second gold of the world ski championships by winning the women's slalom title on Saturday. Liensberger, who has already won parallel gold and giant slalom bronze in Cortina d'Ampezzo, recorded the two fastest runs, in 48.48sec and 51.02sec, for a combined winning time of 1min 39.50sec. Slovakia's Petra Vlhova claimed silver, at 1.00sec, with four-time defending champion Shiffrin taking bronze (+1.98) for her fourth medal of these championships. lp/gj