Tessa Worley ends wait for first World Cup win since 2018 with Giant Slalom triumph in Kronplatz

ByEnis Koylu

Updated 26/01/2021 at 14:38 GMT

Tessa Worley has won her first Alpine Skiing World Cup event since October 2018 with a Giant Slalom triumph in Kronplatz, Italy. The Frenchwoman edged out the in-form pair of Lara Gut-Behrami and Marta Bassino to claim the win, having been in fifth after the first run at the event. The 31-year-old was delighted with the victory.

Tessa Worley ended a run of almost eighteen months without a win in the Alpine Skiing World Cup thanks to a victory in the Giant Slalom event in Kronplatz.

She has secured two podium finishes this season, but took her first gold of the campaign thanks to beating Lara Gut-Behrami by 0.27 seconds, having been in fifth after the first run.

Marta Bassino, the dominant force this term, completed the top three, 0.73 seconds off the pace.

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"I'm so happy, a part of me was saying, 'Yes, you have it in you and you can still do it.' Another part was like, 'Maybe you're over for a win,'" Worley told FIS after the race.

"Today I knew it was going to be a big, big fight, I just wanted to take all the risks, to not have any regrets, and see how it could go.

"I never thought about winning, it was just about putting everything that I had on the slope."

Worley's last triumph came in the same event in Solden back in 2018. This is the 14th Giant Slalom win of her career.

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