Giant slalom thriller in Kranjska Gora: Sara Hector wins sensational!

On January 5, 2025, the best ski racers in the world gathered in the picturesque Kranjska Gora, Slovenia to get the first points in the Ski Alpin World Cup of women of the 2024/25 season. The exciting competition saw hard -fought battles in the giant slalom and slalom. The hopes of the Austrian fans primarily focused on Katharina Liensberger, who stand out with 205 points and thus collected more points than their teammates together.

On January 4th, the action with the giant slalom really kicked. The Swede Sara Hector, who already drew attention to herself with a clear victory in the 1st run, crowned her performance in the afternoon with the victory in the second run, which secured first place in the discipline classification. She overtook the Italian Federica Brignone, who suffered a fall in the first round. Laras Colturi from Albania secured second place, while New Zealander Alice Robinson took third place. The German participants were not disappointing not to achieve a top ten placement. As news.de Lena Dürr fell back to 25th place after a weak second round, despite a solid first run.

slalom competition in approach

The slalom competition also takes place at the same location, with the 1st run on Sunday, January 5th at 10 a.m. The second run follows at 1:30 p.m. On this exciting day, all participants have the chance to prove themselves again and collect valuable points in the overall ranking. The Ski Alpin World Cup 2024/25 brings excitement to the last run, while athletes such as Mikaela Shiffrin from the USA and Lara Gut-Behrami from Switzerland also burn to first place in the overall ranking, which further heats up intensive competitions, such as krone.at held.