Federica Brignone sparks Italian joy with second gold as Mikaela Shiffrin struggles

Italian wins her second gold medal on Cortina slopesSara Hector and Thea Louise Stjernesund share silverFederica Brignone, the racing queen of Cortina, has won her second gold medal in the space of three days at the Winter Olympics. After her victory in the women’s Super-G on Friday, she won the giant slalom by just over six-tenths of a second.As small as that gap sounds, it was an enormous margin in a race where there were only six-hundredths of a second between the three women who finished behind her; Sweden’s Sara Hector, Norway’s Thea Louise Stjernesund and Brignone’s Italian teammate Lara Della Mea. The gap between Brignone and second place was the same as that between second and 15th. Continue reading...