The Italian Marta Bassino won the giant slalom in Sölden (Austria), the opening race of the 2020/2021 World Cup, ahead of the overall champion, her compatriot Federica Brignone, and the Slovakian Petra Vlhova.
In the absence of the three-time winner of the big Globe (2017, 2018, 2019) Mikaela Shiffrin, injured in the back, Marta Bassino was 14 / 100th ahead of Federica Brignone, and 1 sec 13 / 100th Petra Vlhova, best time of the second round.
In a race contested behind closed doors due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, 24-year-old Marta Bassino won her second career victory after the giant from Killington (United States) last December. Rettenbach glacier, at an altitude of over 3,000 m, Marta Bassino first dominated the first round, ahead of Federica Brignone already, before resisting on the second route.
Petra Vlhova, 10th in the first heat, set the best time in the second to make a good comeback to the podium.
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