VIDEO. 2023 Alpine Ski Worlds: relive the disappointment of Tessa Worley, who was at fault in the giant’s second run

The medal was reaching out to him. Penultimate to start after her second place in the first run, 12 hundredths behind the American Mikaela Shiffrin, Tessa Worley fell on Thursday February 16 in the giant slalom of the Alpine Skiing World Championships, disputed on the Roc de Fer in Meribel. A fatal error on an interior door which deprives the tricolor clan of a third charm after those conquered by Alexis Pinturault, in gold on the handset and in bronze on the super-G. The 33-year-old skier was looking for a third world crown in the discipline, which would have been a first in history.

The American Mikaela Shiffrin won, as a favorite, her first title of world champion of the giant (the seventh in total), ahead of the Italian Federica Brignone by 12 hundredths despite a fault on the bottom of the track. The Norwegian Ragnhild Mowinckel completes the podium 22 hundredths behind the American legend. The other French women entered in the second round, Coralie Frasse Sombet and Clara Direz, respectively ranked 9th and 16th.