Alice Robinson podium finish in Sweden
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New Zealand skier Alice Robinson has continued her excellent season, finishing on the podium at the latest round of the FIS Giant Slalom in Are, Sweden.
She posted a time of 1:12.46 in her first run, and then 1:10.70 in her second run, to finished a combined 0.75 of a second behind the winner, Austrian Julia Scheib.
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The win was Scheib's first World Cup title, and also won her the giant slalom crystal globe after Switzerland's Camille Rast failed to complete her second run in Are, Sweden.
Scheib, who now has an unassailable lead of 189 points over Rast in the standings, was trailing the Swiss skier after the first run, but surged into the lead on the second and won by 0.36 seconds.
Scheib is the first Austrian woman to win a World Cup giant slalom title since Eva-Maria Brem in 2016. American Paula Moltza was second.
Overall, Robinson is sixth in the Giant Slalom standings with 372 points.
“I’m really happy. GS has been very up and down for me this year; the last time I was on the podium was December so I’m happy to be back there. January was hard for me but it’s just been getting better and better. I’m glad to have the GS back under control.”
“When I was younger I hated spring snow, but now I think I actually quite like it, and understand it more. The second run was hard because you had to have a mixture of charging and touch on the feely snow – it wasn’t perfect but I think I’ve come a long way," said Robinson.
She now moves onto her biggest showdown, for the Super G Crystal Globe. With Sofia Goggia in first place on 449 points and Robinson on 386.
The final of the season in Lillehammer on March 22. Robinson is the only skier capable of catching Goggia at this point.
