New Zealand skier Alice Robinson has suffered a major disappointment in her first race back after being sidelined by Covid-19.
The 20-year-old, who has three World Cup victories in Giant Slalom, has failed to finish the second run in her latest race in Lienz in Austria.
Robinson on track to
snatch the lead from Italian Federica Brignone with just four skiers remaining, but straddled the gate just three from the finish, ending her run early.
Veteran Frenchwoman Tessa Worley won the race with a combined time of 2min03.88sec. She was 0.30sec faster than former world champion Petra Vlhova who finished second with Sweden's Sara Hector third.
Robinson had started from bib seven and produced the fifth fastest time on the opening run; recovering from a mistake early on to notched up the fifth quickest time in the third section of the course. She was well placed, just 0.45sec off the pace set by Worley.
