Italy's Marta Bassino took a narrow win at home in the giant slalom World Cup race in Sestriere on Saturday, finishing just over a tenth of a second ahead of Sara Hector from Sweden.
Bassino, who took her sixth career World Cup victory in giant slalom, clocked two minutes 28.89 seconds and edged out Hector by 0.11 seconds. Petra Vlhova of Slovakia claimed third, 0.40 seconds behind Bassino.
Overall World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin of America ended up in sixth place, 1.96 seconds behind Bassino."Arriving at the line with the green light in front of the Italians was really incredible. I know it was hard because the slope was really tough," Bassino said.The World Cup competition will continue on Sunday with the slalom event.
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