Eva-Maria Brem wins first giant slalom World Cup title after dramatic finish

ByEurosport

Updated 20/03/2016 at 20:56 GMT

Austria’s Eva-Maria Brem won her first crystal globe in St Moritz after securing the women’s World Cup giant slalom title with the final run of the season.

Austria's Eva-Maria Brem celebrates with the Ladies' Giant Slalom discipline crystal globe trophy on the podium of the Ladies' Giant Slalom discipline at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup finals in St Moritz on March 20, 2016

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Brem was the fastest after the opening run and only needed a fourth place finish to claim the victory in Switzerland.

And she did that by 0.05 seconds after her second time of 1:12.64 edged Canada’s Marie-Michele Gagnon into fifth, ensuring she won the crystal globe by two points.

Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany was the only other skier who could have taken the title and won the race in St Moritz with a total time of 2:26.15.

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Brem claims giant slalom title in St Moritz thriller

"It was an amazing fight this season in the giant slalom and to have it come down to this final race and such a small margin is unbelievable," said Brem.

"I couldn't be happier with how everything worked out today,"

France’s Taina Barioz was second this weekend after coming 0.46 behind Rebensburg and Switzerland’s Lara Gut was third today and overall.

Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin crashed on the opening run and had to settle for 21st in the overall standings after missing out on a fourth successive crystal globe in the discipline after missing five races because of injury.