Shiffrin suffers rare slip

ROME: German Viktoria Rebensburg, the 2010 Olympic champion, won the World Cup giant slalom in Kronplatz, Italy, on Tuesday as American favourite Mikaela Shiffrin crashed out.

Rebensburg finished in a combined time of 2min 6.19sec to edge Norwegian Ragnhild Mowinckel by just 0.03sec and Italian Federica Brignone by 0.66sec. Shiffrin, who has dominated this season, suffered a rare fall in the first run, ceding first place in the World Cup giant slalom standings to Rebensburg. However, the American still holds an overwhelming lead in the overall standings.”