Brignone Wins Women's Giant Slalom Gold at 2026 Winter Olympics

Italy tops podium as Brignone claims second gold of games, Hector & Stjernesund Share Giant Slalom Silver 

Federica Brignone wins women's Giant Slalom gold at 2026 Winter Olympics, securing Italy's top spot. Sara Hector & Thea Louise Stjernesund tie for silver in intense Giant Slalom finish.

Brignone put in a confident performance, finishing with a time of 1:10.27 and securing the gold medal by 0.62 seconds...

Federica Brignone made history by winning the women's Giant Slalom, securing her second gold medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics for host country Italy. She dominated the first run with a time of 1:03.23, 0.34 seconds ahead of Germany's Lena Duerr.

Sweden's Sara Hector and Norway's Thea Louise Stjernesund shared the silver medal, tying with identical times in both runs. Brignone's victory is a remarkable comeback, considering she shattered her left leg just 10 months ago.

Winner of the event four years ago, Hector was very much still in contention to retain the title, sitting joint-fourth alongside Stjernesund and Lara Colturi of Albania, on 1:03.97.

In the second run, it was another Italian who looked set to steal the headlines, as Lara Della Mea put in a superb run of 1:09.75 to move into the lead, having began the day in 14th place.

Thea Louise Stjernesund made her move, recording a time of 1:10.15 in the second run, edging past Italy's Lara Della Mea into the lead by 0.05 seconds. Swedish skier Sara Hector then took to the course, attacking aggressively but trailing Stjernesund at the penultimate checkpoint. However, Hector pushed hard to finish with an identical time to Stjernesund, tying the Norwegian for silver behind Federica Brignone's gold.

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Lara Colturi, Lena Duerr, and Sofia Goggia needed perfect runs to catch up with the Scandinavian skiers, but they couldn't quite make it happen, leaving the gold-medal position open for Federica Brignone. With her closest rivals faltering, Brignone had the luxury of finishing 0.70 seconds behind the leaders and still taking home the gold.

Brignone put in a confident performance, finishing with a time of 1:10.27 and securing the gold medal by 0.62 seconds. Sara Hector and Thea Louise Stjernesund shared the silver, while Brignone's compatriot Lara Della Mea was disappointed to finish fourth, just 0.05 seconds behind the co-silver medalists.