Fenninger leads after first GS run at Worlds

By Chris Freud

BEAVER CREEK — Somebody has a big lead after the first run of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships women’s giant slalom on Thursday, but it isn’t the person for whom the hometown crowd was rooting.Austria’s Anna Fenninger slapped down the best run of the morning with a time of 1 minute, 8.98 seconds, with teammate Michaela Kirchgasser (0.81 seconds behind) in second and Norway’s Jessica Lindell-Vikarby (0.9 seconds off the pace) in third.Mikaela Shiffrin, of Eagle-Vail, was sitting in a tie for 13th with Austria’s Kathrin Zettel, 1.72 seconds out of the lead after 60 racers. As the Worlds …

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