Mikaela Shiffrin overcame a mistake near the end of the race to hold on to her first-run lead to beat Italian skier Federica Brignone by 0.12 seconds
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin won the gold medal in the women’s giant slalom at the world championships Thursday.
“Yeah, that’s unbelievable,” Shiffrin said in a course-side interview. “I was so nervous, my God. Just … I can’t believe it.” “This is not an easy position, with the home crowd favourite to … I mean, thank you for cheering for me anyway,” Shiffrin said.Day left the team during the middle of the world championships after Shiffrin informed him that she planned to take a new direction with her staff at the end of the season.
Shiffrin was the 2018 Olympic champion and won five of the last six giant slaloms on the World Cup circuit.
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