CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Italian skier Federica Brignone captured her second gold medal in four days at her home Winter Olympics by winning the women’s giant slalom on Sunday, as Mikaela Shiffrin finished off the podium again.
The race isn’t officially over yet, with dozens of lower-tier racers still to take the course. But Brignone is the leader after the fastest 30 skiers from the first run.
The 35-year-old Brignone, who won the downhill on Thursday for her first gold at an Olympics, led after the first run of the giant slalom and was 0.62 seconds ahead of defending champion Sara Hector of Sweden and Thea Louise Stjernesund of Norway after the second run.
Shiffrin, the U.S. standout, was in down in 11th place and has now failed to win a medal in eight straight Olympic events since the Winter Games in 2018.
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