Mikaela Shiffrin failed to finish the first run and Tina Maze and Julia Mancuso posted their best finishes of the season, while France’s Tessa Worley won a World Cup giant slalom in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Sunday.
Worley, the reigning world giant slalom champion, prevailed in a two-run time of 2 minutes, 7.62 seconds.
“It feels really awesome because the beginning of the season wasn’t great for me in GS,” Worley said on Eurosport 2. “The snow was so good that you just wanted to go really far on your edges. Sometimes, it was a bit tricky with all those bumps and everything. You needed to be very focused on tactics.”
Swede Jessica Lindell-Vikarby was second, .37 behind after winning the Beaver Creek, Colo., giant slalom two weeks ago.
Maze took third, beating her chest five times after crossing the finish, matching her best finish this season. Maze had the greatest World Cup season in history last year.
Mancuso, the 2006 Olympic giant slalom champion, was 12th in the Swiss Alps, her best finish in nine races this season.
Shiffrin, the world’s best slalom skier, did not finish her first run after taking second in the Beaver Creek giant slalom.
“It was perfect snow really,” Shiffrin said, according to The Associated Press. “Running [bib] No. 1, I was loving every second of it until I fell.
“There is always a reason for falling so I will go back and figure it out and hopefully not do it again.”
Swiss Lara Gut skied out in the first run but kept an overall World Cup lead over Germany’s Maria Hoefl-Riesch.
The women’s Alpine skiing World Cup continues with a slalom in Courchevel, France, on Tuesday.
“I guess that’s the bright side of going out today,” Shiffrin told the AP. “Now we’ll get to Courchevel sooner.”
St. Moritz Giant Slalom
1. Tessa Worley (FRA) 2:07.62
2. Jessica Lindell-Vikarby (SWE) 2:07.99
3. Tina Maze (SLO) 2:08.41
4. Kathrin Zettel (AUT) 2:09.32
5. Anemone Marmottan (FRA) 2:09.45
6. Maria Pietilae-Holmner (SWE) 2:09.45
7. Nadia Fanchini (ITA) 2:09.56
8. Anna Fenninger (AUT) 2:09.70
9. Francesca Marsaglia (ITA) 2:09.93
10. Kajsa Kling (SWE) 2:09.96
12. Julia Mancuso (USA) 2:10.21
23. Megan McJames (USA) 2:10.69