Shiffrin dominates Courchevel giant slalom to regain overall World Cup lead

• Olympic champion Shiffrin dominates GS, regains overall lead
• American reclaims overall World Cup lead from Sofia Goggia
• Shiffrin's 72nd career win is 10 short of Vonn's women's record

Mikaela Shiffrin dominated the first of two midweek women's World Cup giant slaloms with three of the American's main rivals sitting out Tuesday's race after positive Covid-19 tests.

Building on a big lead from the first run, the Olympic champion finished the race on the Emile Allais course .86 seconds ahead of Sara Hector of Sweden, who posted the fastest second-run time.