Federica Brignone wins the giant slalom in Saalbach at the World Cup finals. She finishes with a total time of 2'20"05, ahead of the New Zealander Alice Robinson by +1'36 and the Norwegian Thea Louise Stjernesund by +1'67. Lara Gut-Behrami finishes in tenth position and mathematically wins the overall Cup, succeeding in the hall of fame to Mikaela Shiffrin. Brignone thus finishes in second place in the giant slalom standings with 750 points, only 21 less than the Swiss. Ninth place for Bassino, with 259 points. In the overall, Brignone is still second with 1472 points (208 less than Gut-Behrami), with two races left in the season. Now, the speed week begins, in which a Brignone in this form, can achieve further satisfaction.
The triumph in the giant slalom of Saalbach, the twelfth in her career in the discipline, allows Federica Brignone to reach a total of 27 World Cup victories and consolidate the first place in the ranking of Italian female winners of all time. For Italy, this is the 129th victory in women's competitions in history. Immediately behind her is Sofia Goggia with 24, and in third position is Deborah Compagnoni with 16 victories.
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