Olympic champ Sara Hector wins World Cup giant slalom as former leader Federica Brignone falls
Sweden's Sara Hector speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Giovanni Auletta]
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Olympic champion Sara Hector has won her second women’s World Cup giant slalom of the season. Italian skier Federica Brignone has fallen in the first run. Hector finished 1.42 seconds ahead of the 18-year-old Lara Colturi of Albania to move top of both the GS and overall standings. The 34-year-old Brignone’s hopes of extending her lead in the GS standings ended when she fell in her first race since extending her record as the oldest race winner in women’s World Cup history at Semmering in Austria last weekend. The injured Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t race.
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From left, second placed Albania's Lara Colturi, the winner Sweden's Sara Hector and third placed New Zealand's Alice Robinson celebrate after an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
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