Italy's Federica Brignone completed a women's World Cup giant slalom double in Sestriere on Saturday as U.S. ski great Mikaela Shiffrin failed to make the cut in the discipline for the first time since 2012.

Mikaela Shiffrin failed to qualify for a second run in a giant slalom event for the first time since 2012 while competiting at a World Cup race in Sestriere, Italy on Saturday, since she finished outside the top 30 skiers.

Mikaela Shiffrin is not yet competitive in her tentative return to racing in giant slaloms. Federica Brignone is currently close to unbeatable. In just her second GS

After pulling out of the giant slalom at world championships, Mikaela Shiffrin returned to the event this weekend on the World Cup tour.

New Zealand skier Alice Robinson's consistency produced a second World Cup giant slalom medal in as many days, clinching bronze in Italy.

SESTRIERE, Italy — Italian skier Federica Brignone won the first World Cup giant slalom after taking gold at the world championships on Friday, while Mikaela Shiffrin finished 25th in the American’s first race in the discipline in nearly 12 weeks.

Italian Federica Brignone won a women's World Cup giant slalom on home snow in Sestriere on Friday as U.S. ski great Mikaela Shiffrin finished 25th on her return to the discipline after a crash in Vermont last November.

Shiffrin finishing 2.50 seconds off the lead set by Alice Robinson with more than 30 faster racers ahead of her who advance to the second run in the afternoon. The American star had finished 25th Friday in her first giant slalom since suffering severe trauma to her oblique muscles and a deep puncture wound during a GS crash in Killington,

Federica Brignone won the first World Cup giant slalom after taking gold at the world championships, while Mikaela Shiffrin finished 25th in the American's first race in the discipline in nearly 12 weeks.