Gut wins Aspen giant slalom after Shiffrin fall

Gut wins Aspen giant slalom after Shiffrin fall

ASPEN (UNITED STATES) - Swiss Lara Gut won Friday's Alpine Skiing World Cup women's giant slalom race Friday after a late fall by American Mikaela Shiffrin.

Lara Gut of Switzerland competes in the first run of the giant slalom during the Audi FIS Women's Alpine Ski World Cup at the Nature Valley Aspen Winternational on November 27, 2015 in Aspen, Colorado

Gut, who was third after the opening run, won with a total time of 2min 2.51secs with Austria's Eva-Maria Brem the runner-up by .10 of a second and Italy's Federica Brignone third on 2:02.85.

Shiffrin, who led after the opening run, was in the lead late in her second run but did not finish, handing Gut the victory.

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