Tina Maze of Slovenia wins rainy Olympic giant slalom for 2nd gold medal of Sochi Games
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Tina Maze earned her second gold medal of the Sochi Olympics on Tuesday, winning from the front in a rainy and snowy giant slalom.
Wearing bib No. 1, Maze skied through the gates cleanly to defend her big first-run lead and finish 0.07 seconds ahead of Anna Fenninger of Austria.
Defending champion Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany was third, trailing 0.27 behind Maze's two-run time of 2 minutes, 36.87 seconds.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin placed fifth in her Olympic debut.
Maze added giant slalom gold in the rain to her tie for victory in a sunbathed downhill last week. The 30-year-old Maze also won giant slalom silver at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.