Hector led the way after the first run with a 1.13 second lead. In the second, she extended it to 1.42 seconds ahead of Lara Colturi, the Italian competing for Albania, and 1.52 seconds ahead of Alice Robinson from New Zealand.
I just tried to ski as fast as I could, she says in the victory interview about her thoughts before the second run.
This is crazy, I couldn't believe it this morning. It's fantastic, incredible, and I'm super happy.
The reason Hector didn't believe in her chances of winning is that she's been feeling unwell.
I've rested a lot this week, so maybe that helped me, she says to AP.
When you've trained a lot, rest is a good recipe.
Hector started the giant slalom season with a 15th place in Sölden. Then she won the second World Cup competition in American Killington at the end of November. And she came second in the next competition in Semmering last weekend.
The 32-year-old Swede now leads the overall World Cup with 407 points, 24 ahead of the Swiss slalom specialist Camille Rast.
The 32-year-old Swede has won in Kranjska Gora before, it was in 2022. She now has seven World Cup victories in giant slalom – and an Olympic gold from 2022.
Lisa Nyberg became the next best Swedish skier on 13th place and Estelle Alphand came 16th.
