Mikaela Shiffrin, Brignone and giant slalom

Mikaela Shiffrin fails to qualify for second run in giant slalom event for first time since 2012
Mikaela Shiffrin failed to qualify for a second run in a giant slalom event for the first time since 2012 while competiting at a World Cup race in Sestriere, Italy on Saturday, since she finished outside the top 30 skiers.
Shiffrin finishes outside top 30 in first run of World Cup giant slalom won by Brignone
Mikaela Shiffrin is not yet competitive in her tentative return to racing in giant slaloms. Federica Brignone is currently close to unbeatable, winning Saturday on home snow at Sestriere, Italy.
Alpine skiing-Brignone completes giant slalom double, Shiffrin fails to make cut
Italy's Federica Brignone completed a women's World Cup giant slalom double in Sestriere on Saturday as U.S. ski great Mikaela Shiffrin failed to make the cut in the discipline for the first time since 2012.
Mikaela Shiffrin, still finding form, struggles in return to giant slalom races
After pulling out of the giant slalom at world championships, Mikaela Shiffrin returned to the event this weekend on the World Cup tour.
Mikaela Shiffrin 25th in her first giant slalom race after injury, won by World champ Federica Brignone
SESTRIERE, Italy — Italian skier Federica Brignone won the first World Cup giant slalom after taking gold at the world championships on Friday, while Mikaela Shiffrin finished 25th in the American’s first race in the discipline in nearly 12 weeks.
Mikaela Shiffrin places 25th in World Cup giant slalom return
Mikaela Shiffrin placed 25th in her first World Cup giant slalom race since her Nov. 30 crash at the Killington World Cup. Paula Moltzan, who was in third after the first run, led the
Brignone claims Sestriere giant slalom double after Shiffrin flops out
Federica Brignone made it a giant slalom double at Sestriere after storming to her second straight World Cup victory on home snow after Mikaela Shiffrin failed to even qualify for
Skiing: Alice Robinson wins World Cup giant slalom bronze
New Zealand skier Alice Robinson's consistency produced a second World Cup giant slalom medal in as many days, clinching bronze in Italy.
Mikaela Shiffrin places outside top 30 in first run of World Cup giant slalom led by Alice Robinson
Shiffrin finishing 2.50 seconds off the lead set by Alice Robinson with more than 30 faster racers ahead of her who advance to the second run in the afternoon. The American star had finished 25th Friday in her first giant slalom since suffering severe trauma to her oblique muscles and a deep puncture wound during a GS crash in Killington,
Mikaela Shiffrin returns to giant slalom for first time since injury, finishes 25th
After pulling out of the same event at world championships, Mikaela Shiffrin returned to the giant slalom Friday on the World Cup tour.
Meillard wins slalom gold to cap ‘crazy week’ for the Swiss ski team at world championships
Loic Meillard has won gold in the men’s slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships. The Swiss skier beat silver medalist ...
Mikaela Shiffrin satisfied with fifth in slalom at world championships, even as it ends her dominant medal streak
It was only Shiffrin's second full slalom race since she suffered severe trauma and a deep puncture wound in Killington, Vt., ...
Chasing Victory: Women's Giant Slalom in Sestriere
Saturday of alpine skiing with the women's giant slalom in Sestriere. Federica Brignone is hunting for a repeat victory; the Italian skier has bib number 5 and will start at 11:07. Athletes with ...
Rast wins slalom gold as Shiffrin misses out
Camille Rast won slalom gold in a Swiss one-two with Wendy Holdener on Saturday as American Mikaela Shiffrin missed out on a ...