Lara Gut-Behrami wins GS, tops Mikaela Shiffrin in WC standings - ESPN

SOLDEU, Andorra — Swiss skier Lara Gut-Behrami came from a long way behind to win a women's World Cup giant slalom by one-hundredth of a second Saturday and overtake the absent Mikaela Shiffrin on top of the overall standings.

Gut-Behrami improved from ninth position after the opening run to edge out New Zealand's Alice Robertson. Shiffrin's teammate AJ Hurt finished 0.15 behind in third for the American's first career podium in GS.

Enjoying a three-race winning streak, Gut-Behrami raised her season's tally to 1,214 points, five more than Shiffrin, who is sitting out this weekend's races to nurse a left knee injury.

«Yes, but this is probably one month too early,» Gut-Behrami said with a smile on regaining the lead in the overall standings with 14 races left until the season ends March 23.

«For the overall World Cup, this season has shown us that you have to be fast and you have to be healthy. That will always be my top priority,» added Gut-Behrami, who also led the standings after winning the season-opening race in Austria in October.

Many top skiers have been involved in serious crashes lately and suffered season-ending injuries, including Petra Vlhova, Valerie Grenier and Corinne Suter as well as Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Alexis Pinturault and Marco Schwarz on the men's circuit.

Shiffrin injured her knee, but avoided damage to the ligaments, while landing from a jump and crashing into the safety netting at a downhill in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, 15 days ago.

She will also skip Sunday's slalom in Andorra as her return to racing is yet unclear. Gut-Behrami does not compete in that discipline.

«I am just so happy about the win. It was a tough race, I missed completely the first run, I didn't come into speed,» said