France’s Tessa Worley won a World Cup giant slalom for the second time in her career, taking today’s GS in Åre, SWE.
Today’s race is televised on CBC with coverage beginning at 2 p.m. ET as well as on cbcsports.ca. French language viewers can find it on Radio-Canada at 3 p.m. ET.
Worley was impressive in both runs, leading by almost a second and then holding on to win in a two-run combined time of two minutes 23.22 seconds.
Slovenian Tina Maze was 0.57s seconds back in second place with Austrian Kathrin Zettel finishing third in 2:23.91.
Marie-Michèle Gagnon (Lac-Etchemin, QC) was poised for another solid GS result, sitting 28th after the opening run, but she was unable to complete her second run.
Marie-Pier Préfontaine (Saint-Sauveur, QC) and Brigitte Acton (Mont-Tremblant, QC) did not qualify for the second run, finishing 42nd and 46th respectively in the first run.
The World Cup in Åre concludes tomorrow with a ladies slalom race. Canadians scheduled to participate in that event include Gagnon, Préfontaine, Acton and Anna Goodman (Pointe Claire, QC).
BROADCAST NOTE: Be sure to check you local listings to confirm broadcast times in your area as they are subject to change without notice.
ÅRE, SWE – DEC. 12, 2009 – GIANT SLALOM - LADIES
| POS | BIB | NAME | YOB | NAT | 1st | 2nd | TOT |
| 1 | 3 | WORLEY Tessa | 1989 | FRA | 1:10.55 | 1:12.67 | 2:23.22 |
| 2 | 5 | MAZE Tina | 1983 | SLO | 1:11.36 | 1:12.43 | 2:23.79 |
| 3 | 1 | ZETTEL Kathrin | 1986 | AUT | 1:11.36 | 1:12.55 | 2:23.91 |
| 4 | 22 | BRIGNONE Federica | 1990 | ITA | 1:12.38 | 1:11.95 | 2:24.33 |
| 5 | 6 | HOELZL Kathrin | 1984 | GER | 1:13.10 | 1:11.60 | 2:24.70 |
| 6 | 15 | KIRCHGASSER Michaela | 1985 | AUT | 1:12.36 | 1:12.51 | 2:24.87 |
| 7 | 7 | PIETILAE-HOLMNER Maria | 1986 | SWE | 1:11.99 | 1:12.94 | 2:24.93 |
| 8 | 29 | SCHLEPER Sarah | 1979 | USA | 1:13.36 | 1:11.58 | 2:24.94 |
| 9 | 4 | GOERGL Elisabeth | 1981 | AUT | 1:12.66 | 1:12.30 | 2:24.96 |
| 10 | 13 | PAERSON Anja | 1981 | SWE | 1:12.85 | 1:12.32 | 2:25.17 |
Did not qualify 1st run: PREFONTAINE, Marie-Pier, ACTON, Brigitte
Did not finish 2nd run: GAGNON, Marie-Michele
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