Alpine skiing-Brignone completes World Cup giant slalom double at Mont Tremblant

Dec 3, 2023; Mont Tremblant, Quebec, CAN; Federica Brignone of Italy celebrates on the podium after the giant slalom race in the women's alpine skiing World Cup at Mont Tremblant. Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports

(Reuters) - Italy's Federica Brignone captured her second World Cup giant slalom victory in as many days at Mont Tremblant, Quebec on Sunday while Mikaela Shiffrin claimed her 143rd career podium with a third place finish in whiteout conditions.

Brignone trailed Olympic champion Petra Vlhova of Slovakia by 1.22 seconds after the first run but went on to prevail by 33 hundredths of a second over Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami with a total time of two minutes and 11.95 seconds.