Alice Robinson has ignited her season<\/a> with a dominant win in the women’s giant slalom at the World Cup in Colorado.<\/p>\nRobinson was quickest of 56 skiers in the first run on Copper Mountain and was then equal-fastest on the second run to win by nearly a full second overall.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old from Queenstown has enhanced her status as a strong contender at the February Winter Olympics in Italy, where she will seek to add to the silver medal claimed at last year’s world championships.<\/p>\n
She climbs to second on the World Cup standings behind today’s runner-up, Austrian Julia Scheib.<\/p>\n
Robinson clocked 59.03 seconds in her first run, which was 0.29 seconds faster than Sweden’s Sara Hector and 0.60 seconds quicker than Scheib.<\/p>\n
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\nWith the win, Robinson climbs to second on the World Cup standings.
\nPhoto: PHOTOSPORT\n<\/p>\n
Last away in the second run, Robinson was slow out of the gates but accelerated through the middle stages of the race to ensure she wouldn’t cede her advantage.<\/p>\n
“It was definitely a day of two different runs. The first one I felt in control and so smooth, the second felt out of control, like I was recovering the whole time. I was pretty shocked to finish first,” Robinson said.<\/p>\n
“I was really not feeling that confident coming into this race, so I’m really proud to have followed my instincts today.”<\/p>\n
Her overall time, 1 minute 58.91seconds, was 0.96 seconds better than Scheib, with Norway’s Thea Louise Stjernesund third.<\/p>\n
The third leg of the 10-round World Cup is next weekend in Tremblant, Canada.<\/p>\n
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