Erika Pykäläinen was 0.8 seconds behind in the second round.
Erika Pykäläinen qualified from the second round of the alpine skiing world cup giant slalom in Semmering, Austria.
Pykäläinen finished in 49th place and was a total of 3.44 seconds behind Italy, who won the opening round Federica from Brignone. A better time of 0.8 seconds would have been required to be in the top 30.
Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami was second in the opening round, 0.15 seconds behind the Italian. Swedish Sarah Hector was third, 0.24 seconds behind the winner.