Federica Brignone wins World Cup giant slalom; Mikaela Shiffrin third

Federica Brignone of Italy picked up her first World Cup victory in two seasons by winning a women’s giant slalom on Saturday.

Mikaela Shiffrin finished in third place.

Brignone covered the two legs on foggy Mont Tremblant — which hadn’t hosted a World Cup ski race in 40 years — in a combined time of 2 minute, 14.95 seconds. Petra Vlhova of Slovakia was second fastest in 2:15.16, followed by overall World Cup leader Shiffrin in 2:15.24. Read More