"With four victories and two second places, the 27-year-old is leading the Giant Slalom rankings with 560 points, ahead of Switzerland's Camille Rast. Rast finished in second place today, 0.37 seconds behind Scheib, extending her strong season with another podium. Rounding out the podium was Sara Hector from Sweden, while Team USA's Mikaela Shiffrin narrowly missed out on a podium, finishing in fourth place."
"The Italian had suffered a complicated leg injury with multiple fractures and ligament tears. She admits she has not been pain-free since the injury. But Brignone is committed to competing at her home Olympics, so the 34-year-old was back in the starting gate today. She finished the day with an overall sixth place, which is an incredible performance after 10 months of absence from the World Cup circuit."
"The race was opened by Alice Robinson, who set the pace with 1:15.84. She was outdone pretty quickly by Julia Scheib, who managed to be almost two seconds faster than the New Zealand ski racer. However, it is important to remember that Robinson had crashed hard in the Super-G just two days ago, so it was impressive that she was competing at all."
Kronplatz, Italy, hosted the women's Giant Slalom on January 20, where Julia Scheib claimed victory for her fourth World Cup win and took the Giant Slalom lead with 560 points. Camille Rast finished second, 0.37 seconds behind Scheib, and Sara Hector completed the podium in third. Mikaela Shiffrin placed fourth. Federica Brignone returned after a complicated leg injury, completing the race in sixth place after ten months away and signaling promise ahead of the Milan-Cortina Olympics. Run 1 saw Alice Robinson set an early time before Scheib posted a significantly faster run and Hector briefly held the lead in bib 4.
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