SEMMERING, Austria: Austria's Anna Fenninger won the women's World Cup giant slalom on Friday going fastest on both legs of the race.
She was quickest on the first leg 00.56 seconds ahead of Tessa Worley of France and 00.90 second clear of overall World Cup leader Tina Maze of Slovenia.
With gusting winds and poor visibility making the going tough for all the skiers, Maze, who had won four of the five giant slaloms completed so far this season, took the lead with a fine second run.
Worley failed to match her and it was left up to Fenninger, who promptly produced the best time of the second run to win by 1.13 seconds.
It was only the second World Cup win of Fenninger's career coming a year after she broke though to win, also on home territory at Lienz. She came second in a giant slalom in Are before the Christmas break.
The consolation for Maze was that the points she pocketed for second place meant that she moved further ahead atop the overall World Cup standings with nearest rival Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany a huge 417 points adrift.
- AFP/de
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