Bassino does the double in Kranjska Gora

She did it again. Italian Marta Bassino won her second straight giant slalom in as many days at the Audi FIS World Cup in Kranjska Gora (SLO), earning her fourth total GS race this season.

Bassino has been a force to be reckoned with in the discipline all season. While she has two DNFs as well, the four times she has finished the race, she has won.

Today looked like it could be more of a challenge for Bassino, who sat in second place behind Mikaela Shiffrin after the first run. But the American lost a lot of time on the bottom half of the course and ultimately had to settle for sixth place.

Second place went to Switzerland’s Michelle Gisin, who before this weekend had not earned a World Cup giant slalom podium place and walks away from Kranjska Gora with two to her credit. Gisin climbed up one spot in the second run after finishing in third place in the first run.

Rounding out the podium was Slovenian Meta Hrovat, who earned just her third career World Cup podium. The last time she was on the podium was exactly one year ago during the same race weekend in Kranjska Gora.

Next up for the Audi FIS women’s World Cup tour is the traditional speed weekend in Crans Montana (SUI). The Wallis resort will host a super-G and downhill next weekend.