The Queenstown skier continued her northern winter of wonder when she grabbed second place at the Are (Sweden) round of the giant slalom world cup yesterday.
It was a 17th career and seventh consecutive giant slalom podium for Robinson, who again had to watch Italian star Federica Brignone claim the gold medal.
"It’s amazing — 17 podiums and seven in a row," she said.
"I was really happy I could keep the podium streak alive.
"I am still chasing after Federica and I have one more chance to try and get her at world cup finals."
The Are round was the eighth of nine scheduled for the giant slalom season. Just the finals remain, at the end of the month.
High winds at the top of the course resulted in the use of a lower start and a shortened course for the athletes, who had to hunt for every hundredth of a second of speed.
Brignone was the first woman on course, putting down an error-free run and setting the time to beat. Robinson was fifth after her first run, 0.65sec off the lead.
Robinson tore down the course for her second run, skiing her way into the leader’s seat, but with four athletes still to come, a podium was not yet guaranteed.
However, her time held strong until Brignone put down a blistering second run to claim victory by an impressive 1.36sec ahead of Robinson and 18-year-old Albanian skier Lara Colturi.
"There are so many positives, although I wasn’t very happy with my skiing in the first run, and even the second run didn’t feel very good," Robinson said.
"I think it was quite close with the times and I was lucky to come in second on the right side of the hundredths."
All eyes will be on Robinson and Brignone at the final race of the season, the giant slalom world cup finals in Sun Valley, Idaho, where they will be battling it out for the FIS Crystal Globe.
"Federica has been amazing with all these wins, but I guess me sticking close in second, it’s keeping the points," Robinson said.
"It’s cool that we get to have a final shoot-out in Sun Valley in a couple weeks."
— APL
