Sara Hector ends near 2-year drought, taking women's giant slalom over Mikaela Shiffrin

In a race overshadowed by a season-endingknee injury for home favourite Petra Vlhova following a crash, Olympic champion Sara Hector dominated an eventful women's World Cup giant slalom Saturday in Slovakia for her first win in nearly two years.

Sara Hector ends near 2-year drought, taking women's giant slalom over Mikaela Shiffrin
With ski poles in each hand, a beaming Sweden women's athlete raises both arms after winning a giant slalom World Cup race in Jasna, Slovakia.

In a race overshadowed by a season-endingknee injury for home favourite Petra Vlhova following a crash, Olympic champion Sara Hector dominated an eventful women's World Cup giant slalom Saturday in Slovakia for her first win in nearly two years.