Austria’s Scheib caps World Cup ski stop in Quebec with giant slalom win

Valerie Grenier wasn't able to repeat Saturday's exploits in the second leg of the Mont-Tremblant alpine skiing World Cup.

Austria's Julia Scheib raced to a giant slalom victory Sunday, while Grenier, of St-Isidore, Ont., drifted off course with three gates remaining in her first run after winning bronze in Saturday's giant slalom.

"I came down knowing the course kept turning quite a bit," Grenier said in the finish area. "Unfortunately, I did something I often do, a little hit after the gate, which made me almost do a 180. That's what happened today. It's something I need to keep working on."

That small mistake coming out of the turn cut short what was shaping up to be a promising run. The 29-year-old, who learned to ski at Mont-Tremblant, was right behind leaders Alice Robinson of New Zealand and Scheib.

Austria's Scheib grabs her 2nd World Cup giant slalom victory of the season

"I wasn't sure. I had some weird feelings. There were some sections where I felt it was going well, others where I made small mistakes, but nothing major. They told me it was a good run. It's a shame," Grenier said. "It's even more frustrating, but it shows that I was skiing well, maybe even better than yesterday, so that's encouraging for the rest of the season."

Scheib finished with a two-run time of two minutes 13 seconds to pick up her third giant slalom medal of the season.

She also won gold at home in Soelden on Oct. 25 and took silver last week at Copper Mountain, Colo., but didn't finish the first run at Mont-Tremblant on Saturday.

"Really happy right now," said the 27-year-old. "After yesterday, was not that easy, but really happy with the second run."

Sweden's Sara Hector was second in 2:13.57, followed by New Zealand's Alice