Alice Robinson of Queenstown (19) has finished her 2021 season on a high, claiming first place at the FIS Giant Slalom World Cup Finals overnight in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.

This is the third World Cup win of Robinson’s career and she has now become the first woman to win three FIS World Cups before the age of 20 since Mateja Svet (Olympic silver medalist in giant slalom at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary).

“I felt like I was pushing as hard as I could, and I knew that this was my last opportunity of the season so I really wanted to make the most of it, so I am really happy,” said Alice. 

Flat light and a rough steep course made for challenging conditions, with Alice exclaiming “that’s tough” as she crossed the finish line after her gutsy first run. After run one she was sitting in fourth position, +0.77 seconds behind run one leader Mikaela Shiffrin (USA).

Alice executed a near flawless second run that was the fastest run two run of the day by over one second.  

Alice Robinson and her team immediately after her win in Lenzerheide.

“It [run 2] didn’t feel that amazing but in the past my fastest runs have never been the ones that have felt the best. I think when you are actually carrying the most speed you can it feels crazy, and it is hard to control and that’s what it felt like”. 

Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) finished in second place, +0.28 seconds behind Alice and Meta Hrovat (SLO) rounded out the podium in third. 

“It’s super exciting, I still feel like I have a lot more to give and I have a long way to go to be consistently winning on the tour and that is my goal going forwards, to bring this kind of skiing to every race. It’s not an easy job but it is something I am working towards,” Alice said.

See the full result here. 

Watch Alice's winning run. Alice’s run is at 21.05.

PHOTOS: Snow Sports NZ