ARE, Sweden -- Olympic silver medallist Anna Fenninger won a World Cup giant slalom race Thursday, and closed the gap on overall leader Maria Hoefl-Riesch. Discount Shoes . The Austrian, who also won the Olympic super-G in Sochi, won the race despite finishing seventh in the first run. Her combined time of 2 minutes, 26.39 seconds was 0.21 faster than surprise runner-up Anemone Marmottan of France. Lara Gut of Switzerland and Eva-Maria Brem of Austria tied for third, trailing Fenninger by 0.39. Hoefl-Riesch placed 21st in what is typically her weakest discipline and earned only 10 World Cup race points. Fenningers 100 points brought her within 67 of the 2011 overall champion from Germany with six races remaining this season. Congratulating Fenninger in a post on her Twitter account, Hoefl-Riesch wrote: "Now you are the favourite for the big crystal globe." In her past four races, Fenninger has collected two Olympics medals, finished second in a World Cup downhill and now taken her sixth career World Cup win. The 24-year-old Austrians second GS victory this season lifted her to second behind Jessica Lindell-Vikarby of Sweden in the season-long discipline standings. Lindell-Vikarby placed sixth in front of her home crowd, 0.82 behind, and has a 54-point lead over Fenninger. Are hosts another giant slalom on Friday, after Thursdays race was a replacement for one cancelled last month in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Tina Maze of Slovenia, the Olympic champion in GS, held a clear first-leg lead Thursday but had a strangely cautious second run to fall to fifth place. Marmottan and Brem both recorded their first career podium finishes in the World Cup. Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States placed 15th, 2.16 behind Fenninger. The Olympic champion in slalom will get a chance to race her favourite event on Saturday. The season concludes next week with the World Cup finals races in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, where weather has been a major factor. Hoefl-Riesch clinched her 2011 title by only three points from Lindsey Vonn when the final GS race was cancelled, and last year none of the mens and womens downhill and super-G races were completed. Black Friday Shoes . - Washington Redskins tight end Fred Davis said Wednesday hes "nodded off" during meetings, but he said its something every player does. Wholesale Shoes . It was a move of some time in the making. “He hasnt thrown well, clearly some guys are being used more than him right now and the only way to get out of this funk is to pitch,” said general manager Alex Anthopoulos. https://www.fakeshoeswholesale.com/ . Mako Vunipola was promoted from the reserves, with Matt Mullan called up to the bench on Thursday. "It is important that Joe is with his partner at this exciting time," England coach Stuart Lancaster said.Hallandale Beach, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Upstart, the 2-1 second pick, pulled away down stretch to capture Saturdays $400,000 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park. The 1 1/16-mile Holy Bull, with nine 3-year-olds, had 3-1 third choice Bluegrass Singer setting the pace. He led the closely bunched field up the backstretch with Upstart and jockey Jose Ortiz right behind and 3-2 favorite Frosted running fourth. Upstart, trained by Richard Violette, easily moved to the lead entering the stretch and proceeded to pull away to a 5 1/2-length win over Frosted with Bluegrass Singer holding on for third. You never know if they make the grade from 2 to 3, but today it looks like he stepped up, said Violette. Juan and Bina was fourth followed by Keen Ice, Frammento, First Down, Decision Day and High Noon Rider who was eased. Dom thhe Bomb was scratched to run in the earlier Hutcheson Stakes. Cyber Monday Shoes. The time for the Holy Bull on a fast track was 1:43.61. The victory was worth 10 points for Upstart to enter the Kentucky Derby on May 2. The 3-year-old now has a total of 16 points in the Kentucky Derby points system. Owned by Ralph Evans, Upstart pocketed $240,000 with Saturdays victory. He has won three of five starts for $703,800. Upstart won his first two starts, including the Funny Cide Stakes, at Saratoga and was second in Belmont Parks Champagne Stakes. He finished third in the Breeders Cup Juvenile on Nov. 1. Upstart paid $6.20, $3.20 and $2.40. Frosted returned $3.00 and $2.40, and Bluegrass Singer paid $2.80 to show. Next for 3-year-olds at Gulfstream is the Fountain of Youth on Feb. 21 with the Florida Derby on March 28. ' ' '