Italian skier Federica
Brignone notched the 11th World Cup victory of her career on
Tuesday by winning the giant slalom race at Courchevel in the
French Alps.
The triumph was on the cards.
She had already come second twice this season - in the
Killington giant and last weekend's St Moritz Super G won by her
teammate, Sofia Goggia.
Brignone trailed Norway's Mina Fuerst Holtmann by 0.13
seconds in third place after the opening run, but she posted the
fifth-fastest time in the second and won by four-hundredths.
Holtmann was second and Switzerland's Wendy Holdener came
third.
"It went out attacking all the gates because it was the only
way to gain a bit," said the 29-year-old, who also has Olympic
bronze and world championship silver medals in her trophy
cabinet.
"We were all very close to each other and if I wanted to try
to beat them, I had to take off with fire inside me and reach
the finish line with fire inside me".
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