MONT-TREMBLANT, Quebec (AP) — Julia Scheib of Austria used a strong final run to win a World Cup giant slalom Sunday, with American standout Mikaela Shiffrin finishing in a tie for fourth place.
Scheib, who was in second place after the opening run, made up ground in a hurry to finish with a combined time of 2 minutes, 13 seconds. She edged Sara Hector of Sweden by 0.57 seconds. First-run leader Alice Robinson of New Zealand had a miscue in her run and slipped to third place.
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Mikaela Shiffrin, of United States, speeds down the course as she races in the women's World Cup giant slalom in Mont Tremblant, Que., Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press via AP)
Mikaela Shiffrin, of United States, speeds down the course as she races in the women's World Cup giant slalom in Mont Tremblant, Que., Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press via AP)
Alice Robinson, of New Zealand, speeds down the course as she races in the women's World Cup giant slalom in Mont Tremblant, Que., Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
Alice Robinson, of New Zealand, speeds down the course as she races in the women's World Cup giant slalom in Mont Tremblant, Que., Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press via AP)
Julia Scheib, of Austria, speeds down the course as she races in the women's World Cup giant slalom in Mont Tremblant, Que., Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press via AP)
Mikaela Shiffrin of the USA speeds down the course as she races in the women's World Cup giant slalom in Mont Tremblant, Que., Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press via AP)
Alice Robinson, of New Zealand, celebrates her first place finish in the women's World Cup giant slalom in Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
Shiffrin narrowly missed being on the podium as she wound up in a tie with Swiss racer Camille Rast. Both were 1.17 seconds behind Scheib.
The 30-year-old Shiffrin hasn't been on the giant slalom podium since suffering her scary crash in the discipline in November 2024 at Killington, Vermont. She sustained a puncture wound and severe damage to her oblique muscles. She also has been dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder in the GS because of the crash.
Shiffrin finished sixth in the event Saturday.
"Last year, I was returning from the injury and hoping that I could make it in the second run. I was three seconds behind the fastest girls with no hope of figuring out how to get faster,” Shiffrin said. “We’ve done a ton of work this summer to get to this place where I’m in the second run, I’m consistently top-10, around that area. … I’m building and it’s a really cool position to be in and there’s more work to do.”
American teammate Paula Moltzan, who was 18th after the first run, climbed into sixth place with a speedy performance. Nina O’Brien was in third place after the opening run but went out early in her second run and didn't finish.
This was the second career World Cup win for Scheib, who also captured the first GS race of the season in Austria.
“It's very special,” Scheib said. “The slope wasn't the easiest for me.”
Over the last two weeks, the 24-year-old Robinson has turned in three podium finishes on North American snow. She also won the GS at Mont-Tremblant on Saturday after taking the victory in Copper Mountain, Colorado, on Nov. 29.
Valerie Grenier of Canada, who was third on her home course the day before, didn't finish her first run Sunday.
The next stop for the women's tour is next weekend in St. Moritz, Switzerland, for two downhill races and a super-G.
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Mikaela Shiffrin, of United States, speeds down the course as she races in the women's World Cup giant slalom in Mont Tremblant, Que., Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press via AP)
Mikaela Shiffrin, of United States, speeds down the course as she races in the women's World Cup giant slalom in Mont Tremblant, Que., Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press via AP)
Alice Robinson, of New Zealand, speeds down the course as she races in the women's World Cup giant slalom in Mont Tremblant, Que., Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
Alice Robinson, of New Zealand, speeds down the course as she races in the women's World Cup giant slalom in Mont Tremblant, Que., Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press via AP)
Julia Scheib, of Austria, speeds down the course as she races in the women's World Cup giant slalom in Mont Tremblant, Que., Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press via AP)
Mikaela Shiffrin of the USA speeds down the course as she races in the women's World Cup giant slalom in Mont Tremblant, Que., Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press via AP)
Alice Robinson, of New Zealand, celebrates her first place finish in the women's World Cup giant slalom in Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
Democrats Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico differed more on style than substance in their first debate for U.S. Senate in heavily Republican Texas, though they distinguished themselves somewhat on the future of ICE and impeachment of President Donald Trump.
Crockett, an outspoken second-term U.S. House member, and Talarico, a more soft-spoken four-term state representative, generally echoed each other on economic issues, health care and taxes.
Both called for a “fighter” in the role. Crockett, who is Black, said she was better positioned to attract disaffected Black voters, while Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian who often discusses his Christian faith, suggested he could net rural voters unhappy with Republicans.
The hour-long discussion, before hundreds of labor union members and their families at the Texas AFL-CIO political convention, served as an early preview for themes Democrats hoping to overtake the Republican majority in the Senate in November are likely to stress throughout the midterm campaign.
The nominee chosen in the March 3 primary will face the winner of a Republican contest between four-term Sen. John Cornyn, Rep. Wesley Hunt and state Attorney Gen. Ken Paxton.
Crockett said she would support impeachment proceedings against Trump, beginning with investigating his use of tariffs. Crockett has supported impeachment measures in the House, and would be in a position to promote them as a member of the House Judiciary Committee, should Democrats take control of the House in November.
“I think that there is more than enough to impeach Donald Trump,” Crockett said. “Ultimately, do I think we should go through the formal process? Absolutely.”
Talarico stopped short of suggesting whether he would support impeachment proceedings, except to say, “I think the administration has certainly committed impeachable offenses.”
Instead, Talarico said he would, as a senator, weigh any evidence presented during an impeachment trial fairly, given that the Senate does not bring impeachment charges but votes to convict or acquit. “I’m not going to articulate articles of impeachment here at a political debate,” he said.
Both candidates condemned the shooting of a man in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers Sunday, and ICE's heavy presence in the city, though Talarico was more adamant about cutting funding to the agency.
Both said they support bringing impeachment proceedings against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, under whom ICE serves. But Crockett was less specific about cutting their funding.
“We absolutely have to clean house,” she said. “Whatever that looks like, I'm willing to do it.”
Talarcio more specifically said of ICE funding, “We should take that money back and put it in our communities where it belongs.”
While both candidates said the position requires “a fighter,” Crockett cast herself as a high-profile adversarial figure while Talarico said he had been confronting Republicans in the Texas Statehouse.
“I am here to fight the system, the system that is holding so many of us down,” said Crockett, a 44-year-old Dallas civil rights lawyer and former public defender who has built her national profile with a candid style marked by viral moments.
“It is about tapping into the rawness of this moment,” Crockett said of what Democratic primary voters are seeking.
Talarico, a former public school teacher, cast himself as someone who had been actively opposing the Republican-controlled state legislature.
He pointed to his opposition to Texas' Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's agenda in Austin, notably on tax credits for Texans who choose private schools for their children.
“We need a proven fighter for our schools, for our values, for our constituents in the halls of power,” he said. “I think we need a teacher in the United States Senate.”
Crockett and Talarico generally aligned on domestic policy, including support for higher taxes.
Both candidates proposed ending tariffs as a way of lowering consumer prices.
“We have to roll back these tariffs,” Crockett said. “It’s hurting farmers and ranchers who are filing a record number of bankruptcies.”
Talarico was more direct about his support for higher taxes on the nation's wealthiest earners.
“What I will not compromise on is making sure these billionaires pay for all that they have gotten from this country,” Talarico said, though he stopped short of suggesting how much he would seek to raise taxes.
Crockett voted last summer against the tax-cut and spending-reduction bill passed by the Republican-controlled Congress and signed by Trump. The bill extended tax cuts enacted during Trump's first administration.
She also said she supported Medicare for all, a government-backed health insurance plan for all Americans.
“If we truly believe that everyone should have access to health care, we can make that a reality with bold leadership,” she said.
Talarico supports the concept, and spoke favorably about universal basic income, without suggesting he would specifically support it in the Senate.
“I'm very encouraged by some pilot programs of universal basic income,” he said.
Primary candidates for U.S. Senate, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, right, and Texas state Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, left, participate in a debate during the Texas AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Convention, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Georgetown, Texas. (Bob Daemmrich/Texas Tribune via AP, Pool)
Primary candidate for U.S. Senate, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, participates in a debate with Texas state Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, during the Texas AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Convention, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Georgetown, Texas. (Bob Daemmrich/Texas Tribune via AP, Pool)
U.S. Senate primary candidate, Texas state Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, participates in a debate with Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, during the Texas AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Convention, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Georgetown, Texas. (Bob Daemmrich/Texas Tribune via AP, Pool)
Texas state Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, left, shakes hands with Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, prior a debate during the Texas AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Convention, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Georgetown, Texas. (Bob Daemmrich/Texas Tribune via AP, Pool)
Democratic primary candidates for U.S. Senate, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, stands on stage during a sound check prior to a debate during the Texas AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Convention, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Georgetown, Texas. (Bob Daemmrich/Texas Tribune via AP, Pool)
Democratic primary candidates for U.S. Senate, Texas state Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, left, and Rep. Jasmine Crockett, right, participate in a debate during the Texas AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Convention, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Georgetown, Texas. (Bob Daemmrich/Texas Tribune via AP, Pool)
This combination of photos shows Texas state Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, at a rally on Aug. 16, 2025, in Chicago, left, and Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, on Capitol Hill, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington, right. (AP Photo/Talia Sprague, left, Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
