Italy’s Federica Brignone on Sunday made it two from two by winning the second women’s FIS World Cup giant slalom of the weekend in the Canadian resort of Mont Tremblant.
Brignone sat in sixth spot after the first run, 1.22 seconds behind leader Petra Vlhova.
However, the Italian best negotiated the second run despite strong wind and snowfall, clocking a combined winning time of 2 minutes, 11.95 seconds.
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Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami finished second, 0.33 seconds behind, with American Mikaela Shiffrin rounding out the podium, trailing 0.39 seconds.
Vlhova eventually finished fifth, with France’s Clara Dire taking fourth.
“Full gas all the way,” Brignone said. “It was really difficult in the second run. I tried to go all-in and I knew the conditions were really tough because we couldn’t see, it was snowing, it was windy, but normally in these conditions I’m good. My brother said to me before the second run: ‘OK, we are ready, we have been training like this for a month now.’”
A day after becoming the oldest woman to win a giant slalom race on tour at age 33, Brignone set another record by becoming the first Italian woman to win 23 World Cup races, breaking a tie with teammate Sofia Goggia, who finished 10th.
Shiffrin’s third place ensured her fifth consecutive podium in all disciplines.
“I could not see anything,” the three-time World Cup overall champion said. “But actually it was still fun to ski in a way, sometimes a little bit wild. Tough conditions, but a good fight.”
Meanwhile, the entire men’s World Cup weekend of skiing at Beaver Creek, Colorado, was wiped out after wind forced the cancelation of the super-G race that was scheduled to be held on Sunday, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation said.
It was the third consecutive day an event at the Birds of Prey course was canceled after Friday’s men’s downhill was called off due to heavy overnight snow, while wind and heavy snowfall wiped out Saturday’s downhill race.
Additional reporting by Reuters
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