<p>Olympic slalom silver medalist Wendy Holdener tested positive for COVID-19 and will not race at the World Cup Finals meeting, the Swiss ski team said Friday.</p>
<p>Holdener was to start in the last slalom and giant slalom races this weekend on home snow in Lenzerheide.</p>
<p>Her positive result in rapid testing was confirmed by a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test taken late Thursday, the Swiss team said. </p>
<p>Holdener holds the record of most podium finishes in a World Cup discipline without a victory, 27 in slalom, while racing against Mikaela Shiffrin and Petra Vlhova. They have 45 and 12 slalom wins, respectively.</p>
<p>Vlhova heads the season-long slalom standings going into Saturday’s race. Shiffrin and newly crowned world champion Katharina Liensberger can both overhaul the Slovakian leader. </p>
<p>The Swiss team said one of its women’s team coaches, Austrian Klaus Mayrhofer, also tested positive for COVID-19.</p>
<p>The season-ending World Cup meeting is being held without fans due to restrictions on mass gatherings in Switzerland during the pandemic.</p>
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