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World champion Federica Brignone has also won the first World Cup giant slalom after the Saalbach highlight. Despite being ill, the Italian won on Friday by 0.40 seconds ahead of New Zealand's Alice Robinson, with Norway's Thea Louise Stjernesund (+1.57) in third.
The three ranked Austrians managed improvements, Julia Scheib finished ninth (+2.67), Katharina Liensberger 15th (+3.38) and Stephanie Brunner 17th (+3.92).
Brignone, who was not yet fully fit after days of fever, explained that she had put all her energy into these two runs. "Things have been looking up since yesterday, I feel better. Now I'll see if I can recover a bit." In the overall World Cup, she extended her lead over Lara Gut-Behrami to 170 points; the Swiss skier was eliminated in the first run.
In the discipline ranking, World Championship silver medalist Robinson, who was "a little disappointed" because she didn't finish her half-time lead, is 39 points ahead of Sweden's Sara Hector (fifth on the day) and 80 ahead of Brignone. USA's Paula Moltzan, who was third at half-time, dropped back to sixth place, but this time it was Stjernesund on the podium, who had just missed out on bronze at the World Championships by 1/100th behind Moltzan.
Scheib, who crashed in the second run at the World Championships, moved up three positions in the Tremblant replacement race in the final run. That didn't give her any satisfaction. "It didn't feel good, I tried everything but realized it wasn't working," said the Styrian in the ORF TV interview. It didn't feel fast, she had to take a close look at it.
Here is the final result:
"I'm back in the giant slalom swing"
Liensberger improved from 19th place, the second time this winter that the Vorarlberg native has scored points in the giant slalom after finishing eighth in Sölden at the start of the season. "I'm back in the giant slalom swing, I can step on the gas and it feels easy. I've managed to put more pressure on the gate. I can build on that," said Liensberger, who achieved the second-best run time in the second run.
Brunner also managed to improve. The Tyrolean, who has been suffering from an illness, said that she did quite well up to the halfway point, after which she ran out of steam. "I took a step forward for once. I've spent the last few days in bed and am now lying down again," said Brunner. Nina Astner opened the second run, but was eliminated after just a few seconds. Franziska Gritsch in 31st, Katharina Truppe in 43rd, Katharina Huber in 46th and World Cup debutant Elena Riederer in 50th missed out on the second run.
The US American Mikaela Shiffrin completed her first giant slalom since the momentous crash on November 30, 2024 in Killington, finishing 25th. Another giant slalom is on the program on Saturday (11.00/14.00/live ORF 1).
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