Tessa Worley returns to top spot of giant slalom medal rostrum

BySportsbeat

Updated 26/11/2016 at 22:29 GMT

France's Tessa Worley clinched her ninth career giant slalom World Cup win as she edged out Norway's Nina Loeseth in Killington.

France celebrates after the second run of the giant slalom in the FIS alpine skiing World Cup at Killington Resort.

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Only Carole Merle has more wins representing France on ten but Worley closed the gap to just one following her first victory since injuring her knee in 2013.

Tessa Worley storms to GS victory in Killington

Loeseth had been leading after the first run after a time of 59.47 to Worley's 59.56.

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But the French skier upped the ante on her second run with a time of 59.70 to finish with a combined time of 1:59.26 – the only racer under the two minute barrier.

Loeseth was 0.8 seconds back on 2:00.06 while an impressive second run from Italy's Sofia Goggia lifted her onto the podium in third.

Switzerland's Lara Gut, who won the season's opening giant slalom in Soelden in October, was among the 13 skiers who failed to finish the first run after catching an early edge.

Worley leads the giant slalom World Cup standings on 140 points with previous leader Gut dropping down to fifth.

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