Article 5EBBA Gut-Behrami beats Mikaela Shiffrin to world giant slalom gold by 0.02 seconds

Gut-Behrami beats Mikaela Shiffrin to world giant slalom gold by 0.02 seconds

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  • Winning margin is closest in GS world championship history
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Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami won the women's giant slalom at the skiing world championships while the first-run leader Mikaela Shiffrin finished second.

Gut-Behrami beat the American by 0.02sec, the smallest margin of victory in a giant slalom in world championship history. Katharina Liensberger of Austria was 0.09sec behind for bronze. Nina O'Brien of the United States was second after the opening run but dropped to 10th.

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