Federica Brignone has won the women’s giant slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships in Austria. The Italian skier beat Alice Robinson of New Zealand by 0.90 seconds for her
Federica Brignone overcame a recent illness to win the first World Cup giant slalom after taking gold at the Alpine skiing world championships on Friday, while Mikaela Shiffrin finished 25th in the American's first race in the discipline in nearly 12 weeks.
Italian skier Federica Brignone posted the fastest time in the opening run of the women's giant slalom at the Alpine world championships on Thursday. Brignone built a big lead of 0.67 seconds over Alice Robinson of New Zealand.
Mikaela Shiffrin has finished 2.89 seconds off the lead in the opening run of a World Cup giant slalom in her first race in the discipline in nearly 12 weeks.
SESTRIERE – Mikaela Shiffrin is not yet competitive in her ... finished 2.50 seconds off the first-run lead set by Alice Robinson with more than 30 faster racers ahead of her who advance to ...