Mikaela Shiffrin takes first giant slalom in nearly a year for 78th career win
American wins first GS since Courchevel in December 2021Shiffrin, 27, is four short of Lindsey Vonn’s women’s recordPetra Vlhová (second), Marta Bassino (third) fill out podium
Overall women’s World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin held on to a big opening-run advantage to win a giant slalom on Tuesday, the American’s first triumph in the discipline in more than a year.
Carrying a lead of 0.72 seconds over Petra Vlhová from the first leg, Shiffrin lost nearly six-tenths of the advantage when her Slovakian rival posted the fastest time in the final run, but ultimately won by 0.13 seconds.
