Golden Fox: Robinson Wins Giant Slalom in Kranjska Gora (Video)

STA, 15 February 2020 - Slovenian skier Meta Hrovat was third at the Golden Fox FIS World Cup giant slalom event in Kranjska Gora on Saturday, sharing the result with Swiss Wendy Holdener. First place went to Alice Robinson of New Zealand, while Slovak Petra Vlhova was second.

Vlhova was 0.34 seconds slower that Robinson, whereas Hrovat's and Holdener's gap was 1.59 seconds. Federice Brignone, the overall giant slalom world cup leader, was eighth.

This was the second world cup podium for Hrovat, a Kranjska Gora native. She was third in the 2018 Lenzerheide giant slalom.

Slovenian Tina Robnik came in sixth, while Ana Bucik was 14th.

* Results:
 1 Alice Robinson (NZL)        1:54.32         57.70 56.62
 2 Petra Vlhova (SVK)          1:54.66 +00.34  57.46 57.20
 3 Meta Hrovat (SLO)           1:55.91 +01.59  58.23 57.68
 4 Wendy Holdener (SUI)        1:55.91 +01.59  58.32 57.59
 5 Marta Bassino (ITA)         1:55.92 +01.60  58.35 57.57
 6 Tina Robnik (SLO)           1:55.97 +01.65  58.41 57.56
 7 Michelle Gisin (SUI)        1:56.10 +01.78  58.42 57.68
 8 Federica Brignone (ITA)     1:56.36 +02.04  58.40 57.96
 9 Tessa Worley (FRA)          1:56.50 +02.18  58.94 57.56
10 Sara Hector (SWE)           1:56.51 +02.19  58.86 57.65


World Cup standings

-Overall			POINTS
  1 Mikaela Shiffrin (USA)      1225
  2 Federica Brignone (ITA)     1112
  3 Petra Vlhova (SVK)           971
  4 Marta Bassino (ITA)          711
  5 Wendy Holdener (SUI)         623
  6 Corinne Suter (SUI)          617
  7 Viktoria Rebensburg (GER)    556
  8 Michelle Gisin (SUI)         489
  9 Sofia Goggia (ITA)           479
 10 Lara Gut-Behrami (SUI)       390

-Giant Slalom:			POINTS
  1 Federica Brignone (ITA)      407
  2 Petra Vlhova (SVK)           333
  3 Mikaela Shiffrin (USA)       314
  4 Marta Bassino (ITA)          309
  5 Alice Robinson (NZL)         300