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Mikaela Shiffrin wins her first world championship gold in giant slalom
Photo: Alessandro Trovati/AP
Ski superstar Mikaela Shiffrin won gold in giant slalom at the Alpine World Championships in France.
The American won in Méribel with a lead of 0.12 seconds over combined world champion Federica Brignone from Italy.
Norway's Ragnhild Mowinckel took bronze.
"Incredible," said Shiffrin in a first reaction.
For the 27-year-old it is the 13th World Championship medal and the second in the current title fights in France after silver in the Super-G.
She has won five of the eight World Cup races in giant slalom this winter, including the last three in a row.
World champion in giant slalom is the most successful ski racer in history, who surprisingly parted ways with her long-time trainer Mike Day in the past few days, but for the first time.
In 2018 she triumphed in this discipline at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
The German starters Kira Weidle and Jessica Hilzinger were eliminated in the first round.
Emma Aicher was 32nd after the first run.
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