Olympic champion Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany won her second straight World Cup giant slalom yesterday, while overall leader Lindsey Vonn of the US had a blazing second run to finish in second place.
Rebensburg’s back-to-back wins in two days put her in a good position to retain her giant slalom title.
Vonn was sixth after the first run, but produced the fastest second heat to finish 0.26 seconds behind the German.
Tina Maze of Slovenia finished third and now trails Vonn in the overall by 494 points. A win is worth 100 points.
Vonn trailed Rebensburg 1.68 seconds after the first run in sunny, mild weather and a softening course.
However, the American came back to post her best giant slalom result this season after winning the opening race in October in Soelden, Austria.
Vonn moved up to second in the giant slalom standings behind Rebensburg. With two races left, Rebensburg has 490 points and Vonn 355. Tessa Worley of France, who held a 20-point lead going into the weekend, failed to qualify for the second heat and is now third at 346.
Overall, Vonn is closing in on her record number of points in a season. She now has 1,708 and needs 80 more to tie her 2009 season total of 1,788.
Anna Fenninger of Austria, who was second after the first run, dropped to fourth.
Several top racers failed to finish on the mushy course, including Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany, Julia Mancuso of the United States and Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein.
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