Tessa Worley wins Lenzerheide giant slalom from Federica Brignone and Sara Hector with Mikaela Shiffrin fourth

Tessa Worley blazed to victory in the women's Alpine Ski World Cup giant slalom at Lenzerheide on Sunday (6 March).

Lying third after the first run, the Frenchwoman produced a superb second descent to take victory from Federica Brignone.

First-run leader and Beijing 2022 Olympic champion Sara Hector had to settle for third with Mikaela Shiffrin slipping to fourth after sitting in second place at midway.

Worley's 16th World Cup win saw her close the gap on Hector to just 55 points in the giant slalom standings with two races to go.

It completes a French weekend double at the Swiss resort after Romane Miradoli won Saturday's Super-G.

"I'm just so so happy," Worley said post-race, "it was a nice day, I could feel that I was just really happy to be here and I was just enjoying my time. 

"I felt confident and I wanted to attack and I'm just so happy, I just saw my team on the TV so it's just so cool to share those emotions."

So was she nervous before the second run after she was third fastest following Run 1?

"I'm always nervous before the second (run), but I know it's full attack there's no question to be asked and I really started full gas, I did a small mistake at the top but I knew I had speed so I just wanted to keep going and it paid off, I'm so happy." 

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