"The honor of opening the women's Giant Slalom went to Sweden's Sara Hector, who set the pace for run 1 with a time of 59.32 seconds. Second out of the gate was Albania's Lara Colturi, who could not quite find the same pace as Hector, finishing 0.82 seconds behind the Swede in what was ultimately sixth place. Third starter, Paula Moltzan, fell even further behind, crossing the finish 1.28 seconds behind Hector in what was ultimately 16th place."
"Starting in bib 5, New Zealand's Alice Robinson was the star of run 1, taking the lead and not surrendering it for the rest of the run, finishing with a time of 59.03 seconds. Rounding out the top 3 skiers for run 1 was Austria's Julia Scheib, who had won the Giant Slalom in Sölden, Austria, skiing into third, 0.60 seconds behind Robinson and 0.31 seconds behind Hector."
Saturday, November 29 at Copper Mountain featured the women's Giant Slalom on fresh snow that delayed the start. Sweden's Sara Hector opened the race with a 59.32-second run. New Zealand's Alice Robinson took the lead from bib 5 and recorded the fastest run at 59.03 seconds. Austria's Julia Scheib and Germany's Lena Dürr placed among the top four, with Norway's Thea Louise Stjernesund in fifth. Team USA's Nina O'Brien qualified 13th and Mikaela Shiffrin placed 18th. Keely Cashman and Tricia Mangan missed qualification, while Elisabeth Bocock and Kjersti Moritz recorded DNFs, with Moritz making her World Cup debut.
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