Gut-Behrami clinches narrow win in giant slalom World Cup opener
Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami narrowly won the women's giant slalom, edging out Italy's Federica Brignone, while the favourite, U.S. Mikaela Shiffrin, finished sixth at the opening event of the 2022-23 World Cup season in Soelden, Austria, on Saturday.
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![Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland competes in the first run of the women's giant slalom on Saturday in Soelden, Austria. A women's skier, wearing a red and white ski suit with green bib, carves a turn in front of a gate with a bright blue sky behind her.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7011606.1698498386!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/1761517141.jpg)
Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami narrowly won the women's giant slalom, edging out Italy's Federica Brignone, while the favourite, U.S. Mikaela Shiffrin, finished sixth at the opening event of the 2022-23 World Cup season in Soelden, Austria, on Saturday.