Canada’s Grenier wins World Cup giant slalom in final race of season
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LILLEHAMMER – Canadian skier Valérie Grenier closed the alpine season with a victory in the women’s giant slalom at the World Cup Finals on Wednesday.
The 29-year-old from St-Isidore, Ont., posted a combined time of two minutes 16.79 seconds to stand atop the podium in the last race of the World Cup season.
Grenier, who started 15th, led after the opening run with a time of 1:07.90 — just 0.02 seconds ahead — and held her edge in the second. She delivered the third-fastest second run to secure the win by 0.43 seconds.
Norway’s Mina Fuerst Holtmann finished second, while Austria’s Julia Scheib was third.
Britt Richardson, of Canmore, Alta., finished 20th.
“I really enjoyed it, it was a lot of fun… It’s a great way to end the season, and it definitely makes me more hungry for next season,” Grenier said. “I want to keep improving.”
It was Grenier’s third career World Cup victory, with her first two coming at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, in January 2023 and 2024.
It was also her sixth career podium and her second of the season after a bronze in giant slalom at the December stop in Mont-Tremblant, Que.
Grenier finished the season ranked seventh in the World Cup giant slalom standings. She was 22nd overall with 384 points, best among Canadians.
She finished 13th in the giant slalom at last month’s Milan Cortina Olympics.
American star Mikaela Shiffrin, meanwhile, secured a record-tying sixth overall World Cup title after finishing 11th in the race. Germany’s Emma Aicher, who needed a win to have a chance at the crown, placed 12th.
“It’s quite emotional,” Shiffrin said. “This thing sums up a whole season of work and fighting with the whole team and I have to say to Emma that her skiing has been just outstanding and today it was just so cool to watch her, especially on the first run.
“I think the outcome of this day is that she can do this. And I think that’s the coolest thing about ski racing — that anything is possible,” Shiffrin added.
Shiffrin finished the season with 1,410 points, 87 ahead of Aicher, matching Austrian great Annemarie Moser-Pröll for the most overall titles in women’s World Cup history.
Moser-Pröll won five straight titles from 1971-75, then a sixth in 1979. Shiffrin won three straight from 2017-19, then back-to-back titles in 2022 and ’23.
Lindsey Vonn is third on the women’s list with four overall titles.
Marcel Hirscher leads the men’s list with eight overall titles.
With files from The Associated Press.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 25, 2026.