Swiss skier Lara Gut-Behrami has edged first-run leader Federica Brignone by two-hundredths of a second to win the season-opening women’s World Cup giant slalom. Mikaela Shiffrin finished 1.4…
Italy’s Federica Brignone speeds down the course during the first run of an alpine ski, women’s World Cup giant slalom race, in Soelden, Austria, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023.
Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova speeds down the course during the first run of an alpine ski, women’s World Cup giant slalom race, in Soelden, Austria, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. Gut-Behrami trailed Brignone by 0.73 after the opening leg but made up three-quarters of a second with a gutsy second run.The 2016 overall champion previously won the traditional season opener on an Austrian glacier in 2013 and 2016.
“What makes me most angry is my performance. I didn’t ski as well as I could. But this is sport and you have to accept it. I’m very happy with how I started the season, whereas last year I was struggling a lot,” said the Italian, who had her first of 21 career wins in Soelden eight years ago. She missed the chance to become the third skier — and the first in 25 years — to win six straight World Cup giant slaloms. Only Deborah Compagnoni with eight in 1997-98 and Ingemar Stenmark with 14 between 1978 and 1980 had more consecutive GS wins.
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