Italy's Brignone captures season-long women's giant slalom title at World Cup finals

Pat Graham · The Associated Press

· Posted: Mar 25, 2025 3:51 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

Italian skis racer Federica Brignone wrapped up the season-long elephantine slalom rubric connected Tuesday astatine the World Cup finals successful a contention won by Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland successful Sun Valley, Idaho.

Brignone needed to decorativeness conscionable 13th oregon amended successful the last tally to clinch the subject crown and coiled up second. She finished 0.14 seconds down Gut-Behrami's winning combined clip of 2 minutes, 10.01 seconds connected a lukewarm time astatine Sun Valley. Sara Hector of Sweden was 3rd (2:10.81).

The 34-year-old Brignone entered the time 20 points down Alice Robinson of New Zealand successful the past World Cup elephantine slalom contention of the season. Robinson struggled with a gross successful her archetypal run, veered disconnected people and didn't finish, paving the mode for Brignone.

Brignone won the GS crystal globe with 580 points, portion Robinson had 520 and Hector 447. This was lone the 2nd clip successful Robinson's 9 World Cup GS races this play that she wasn't connected the podium.

It's been a stellar play for Brignone, who already wrapped up the wide title, on with the downhill crown. She is expected to beryllium a beardown unit heading into the 2026 Winter Olympics successful her location country.

WATCH | Brignone adds GS play rubric to wide and downhill crowns:

Val Grenier of St. Isidore, Ont., did not decorativeness the opening tally portion Britt Richardson, who hails from Canmore, Alta., was disqualified successful the aforesaid run.

Gut-Behrami, the super-G victor Sunday, continued to radiance connected this course.

In the archetypal run, American racer Paula Moltzan had a pugnacious tally connected the demanding Challenger course. She mislaid a skis rod aboriginal successful her tally and past crashed done a gross and into the protective fencing with the decorativeness enactment successful sight.

WATCH | Gut-Behrami captures last GS of play successful Idaho:

Mikaela Shiffrin, a 22-time elephantine slalom World Cup winner, didn't suffice for the finals of the GS this season. She's been dealing with post-traumatic accent upset stemming from her November clang astatine the GS successful Killington, Vermont. Shiffrin suffered a heavy puncture coiled connected the close broadside of her abdomen.

Shiffrin volition contention successful the slalom connected Thursday.

WATCH | Full replay sum of Tuesday's 2nd elephantine slalom run: