Petra Vlhova has won the World Cup slalom event in Zagreb, Croatia as four-time champion Mikaela Shiffrin finished in fourth place.

Vlhova, 25, beat Katharina Liensberger of Austria by five-hundredths of a second and Switzerland's Michelle Gisin, who won her first slalom World Cup win in Semmering last week, finished in third.

Vlhova from Slovakia said afterwards: "During my run, I thought, 'OK, the race is done.' But I found something inside, I pushed more and more and more until the finish.

"It's amazing and a really emotional victory."

Shiffrin will now have to wait for her 100th career World Cup podium.

The women’s World Cup continues next weekend with speed races in St Anton, Austria.