Weirather storms to giant slalom win

VAL-D'ISERE - Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather produced two dominant runs to claim an impressive victory in the women's World Cup giant slalom Sunday. The 24-year-old extended her lead in the overall World Cup standings and confirmed her early season form that has seen her win the St Moritz super-G as well as three second places (Lake Louise super-G and downhill, Beaver Creek downhill) and a third place in the giant slalom, also in Beaver Creek. Weirather clocked a combined time of 2min 24.10sec down the Oreiller Killy (OK) piste in clement weather at the glitzy French resort. She was a massive 0.66sec up on her rivals after a barnstorming first leg and that advantage was increased to 0.73sec over second-placed Lara Gut of Switzerland by the time she'd come down the second run. AFP

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