LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) - Tessa Worley of France had perfect timing to win her first World Cup race of the season Saturday in the final giant slalom before the Pyeongchang Olympics.
World champion Worley survived a tricky passage through the steep first three gates of her second run to hold off Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany by 0.07 seconds.
Unheralded 19-year-old Meta Hrovat placed third, 1.45 behind Worley. Hrovat gave the Slovenia team a first-time podium finisher for the second straight day.
Mikaela Shiffrin, the World Cup overall leader, placed seventh, almost two seconds back. The American star's winless streak is five races after a five-race winning streak to start the year.
Worley's 12th career World Cup win - all in giant slalom - followed three runner-up finishes this season.
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(AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati). France's Tessa Worley speeds down the course during the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018.
(AP Photo/Marco Tacca). United States' Mikaela Shiffrin checks her time after the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018.
(AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati). United States' Mikaela Shiffrin speeds down the course during the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018.
(AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati). Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg speeds down the course during the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018.
(AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati). Switzerland's Lara Gut speeds down the course during the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018.