A little masterpiece. Sara Hector dominated the Kranjska Gora giant on Saturday, ahead of Albanian Lara Colturi and New Zealander Alice Robinson. After having signed by far the best time in the first round on Saturday morning with bib 4, the 32-year-old Swede further increased her lead over her first pursuers in the second, by securing the 3rd time.
The young Lara Colturi, 18 years old, second at 1″42 behind Hector, obtained the second podium of her career after her second place in slalom in Gurgl in November. Alice Robinson, 23 years old, third at 1″52, won her 3rd giant podium this season after already getting on the box in Austria in Sölden (2nd) at the end of October and Semmering (3rd) at the end of December.
Gut-Behrami discharged
Hector, reigning Olympic champion in the discipline, adds to her record a 7th World Cup victory, all in giants, the second of the season after her success during the giant of Killington at the end of November. Thanks to this success, she takes the lead in the general classification of the World Cup with 407 points, ahead of the Swiss Camille Rast (383 pts) and the Croatian Zrinka Ljutic (356 pts), respectively 8th and 12th in the giant on Saturday.
Hector, impressively easy, flew over the track: his first round on video
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The Italian Federica Brignone, who made a mistake during the first round and who therefore did not score any points, fell to 4th place in the general classification and ceded the lead in the specialty ranking to Hector. The Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami, who won the specialty globe last year, disappointed again with a 6th place and is still looking for her first podium this season.
