World champion Anna Fenninger picked up her second FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup giant slalom win of the season with victory in Maribor on Saturday.

After taking gold at the World Championships in Vail earlier this month, the Austrian made a winning start following the restart of the World Cup, beating Viktoria Rebensburg (+0.04seconds) and Tina Weirather (+0.30secs) to take top spot on the podium.

Fenninger held a slender lead after the opening run in Slovenia having negotiated the 53-gate course in one minute 11.62 secs, and backed it up with a solid second attempt to take victory by 0.04secs.

While she was not fastest on the second run, the 25-year-old did enough to secure victory and top spot in the discipline standings.

Rebensburg had been second at the halfway point and was able to hold off the charge of Weirather and Nadia Fanchini (+0.47 secs), who completed the top five with Mikaela Shiffrin (+0.54secs).

Weirather finished seventh earlier in the day but was fastest in the second run to move herself up the leaderboard, while Eva-Maria Brem – who led the discipline standings prior to the race – had to settle for 10th place after a disappointing day on the piste.

Fenninger's win also sees her close the gap in the overall standings to 84 points after leader Tina Maze failed to finish her opening run – along with Lindsey Vonn.

Vonn's non-finish allowed Shiffrin to climb into third place overall, while Rebensburg takes fifth place from Frida Hansdotter – who finished 14th on Saturday.