Italy's Federica Brignone put in a dominant display to win gold in the women's giant slalom at the Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach on Thursday. Brignone, second in the super-G a week ago, led after the first run, and again put in the fastest time on her second to win by 0.90 of a second over New Zealand's Alice Robinson, who took silver and her first world championship medal.

America's Paula Moltzan battled to claim the bronze medal, overcoming Norway's Thea Louise Stjernesund by one hundredth of a second. Brignone had finished second behind Mikaela Shiffrin in this event in 2023, and took the silver medal at the 2022 Olympics. The Italian also has a giant slalom silver medal from her first world championships in 2011.