Worley wins in Lenzerheide GS

Tessa Worley overcame the first run lead of Sara Hector to win her 16th World Cup race with the new Super G Globe winner, Federica Brignone taking second and Hector dropping to third after leading the first run. The top five was rounded out with Mikaela Shiffrin taking fourth and Michelle Gisin taking fifth.

The tempo of the event was raised when Petra Vlhova crashed out on the first run to open up the race for the Women's Overall. Shiffrin knew that a strong result could build her some big points in the race for the globe. With a new coach joining her team next season, rumoured to be Christian Mitter from the Austrian team, Shiffrin goes into the last races of the season with a lead of 114 points over Vlhova.

Worley was just 0.16 behind Hector after the first run but had to withstand the performance of Brignone who powered her way down to take second place. A second off the pace after run one, Brignone squeezed an advantage of 1.02 over Hector to take second.

There was no Alex Tilley taking part in Lenzerheide as she has decided to have an operation to remove the plate and screws and so will not race the rest of the season as she builds up for next year.

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