La Villa, Italy — Marcel Hirscher dominated both runs to take a record fifth straight win in the Alta Badia giant slalom on Sunday.

The Austrian finished a massive 1.70 seconds ahead of Norwegian rival Henrik Kristoffersen, with Zan Kranjec of Slovenia 1.82 behind in third for his first podium result.

While Hirscher dropped some time in the lower portion of his opening run, he was flawless in his second trip down, increasing his advantage at every interval.

"Once I felt good with my setup in the second run, I could really attack and turn on the turbo," Hirscher said.

At the finish, Hirscher let out a big scream then took off his right glove and held up his hand and five fingers to celebrate the record.

Hirscher broke a tie with Italian great Alberto Tomba — the pair had four GS wins each on the challenging Gran Risa course.

Hirscher, the six-time defending overall World Cup champion, also won a slalom in Badia in 2011.

"Ski racing is not very often fun. It's a hard fight, hard work," Hirscher said. "But crossing the finish line seeing all of the lights green is fun. Skiing on this limit is a big challenge."

Kristoffersen also finished second to Hirscher in the GS in Beaver Creek, Colorado, this month.

"It's just that Marcel is so much better and I'm not good enough to beat him," Kristoffersen said, adding that he got caught in ruts during his second run.

Olympic and three-time world champion Ted Ligety moved up from seventh after the opening run to finish fifth for his best result in more than a year.

Snow conditions were perfect, although as usual on the Gran Risa, visibility was difficult on the dark, upper section.

Stefan Luitz of Germany was being treated for an apparent knee injury after going off course only four gates into his opening run with the No. 1 bib.

Overall contender Kjetil Jansrud also went out during the first leg, midway down.

The surprise of the day came from Aleksander Andrienko of Russia, who had the second-fastest second run to finish 15th with the No. 55 bib.

Hirscher drew level atop the overall standings with Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who did not enter the race.

It was the 24th GS win of Hirscher's career, matching him with Ligety for second-most all-time behind Swedish legend Ingemar Stenmark's 46.

He also became the first man to win five consecutive GS races at a single resort. Ligety won four straight in Beaver Creek, Colorado, from 2011-14 and Stenmark also had four in Adelboden, Switzerland, from 1979-82.

In February at the Pyeongchang Games, Hirscher will chase just about the only thing he hasn't won — an Olympic gold medal.

On Monday, a parallel GS is scheduled for the Gran Risa.

• Anna Veith felt overwhelming relief after proving she can fight her way back to the top.

She won a World Cup super-G race on Sunday at Val d'Isere, France, long after last tasting victory in giant slalom at the French resort of Meribel in March 2015.

The Olympic super-G champion's comeback has been as much mental as physical.

She went to hospital in March to have the patellar tendon in her left knee surgically repaired. That was not long after she had returned in December 2016, following more than one year out having seriously damaged her right knee in a training crash.

"When I think back to the days when I was just on the floor, so many days when I didn't know if it was possible to get back into race mode or not," the 28-year-old Austrian said. "You have to be mentally very strong. When you're injured it's hard to stay in that mode, and for me it was important to get back in that race mode, mentally. I know I have it now."

It was her 15th World Cup race win, yet felt much like a breakthrough for a stylish and graceful skier once so dominant.

Veith has three world championship golds. She clinched overall World Cup titles in 2014 and 2015, before injury and self-doubt followed.

"My dream was to get back onto the top and I reached that today, so it was perfect," she said. "The most important is that I have it mentally again. I know that everything's possible now, and it's a really good feeling."

Good timing, too, with the Olympics coming up.

Veith has her sights set on the Pyeongchang Olympics in South Korea from Feb. 9-25. She will be defending her super-G title and look to improve on her silver in GS from the 2014 Games.

"The most important thing is that I get into the prefect shape in February," she said.

After Sunday's race was briefly delayed because of fresh snowfall, Veith clocked 1 minute, 5.77 seconds on the Oreiller-Killy course.

Tina Weirather of Lichtenstein was second in 1:06.25 — her 35th World Cup podium — with Italian Sofia Goggia third in 1:06.28.

"I'm very happy to share a podium with (Veith)," Goggia said. "It's really nice to see her back."

Four-time World Cup winner Lindsey Vonn pulled out of the race because of soreness in her knee. She won Saturday's super-G on the same course for her first win of the season and record-extending 78th of her career.

Remarkably, Weirather raced despite fearing she has broken her left hand.

"Yesterday, when i crashed I went with my hand in the snow and it hurt my hand and my shoulder," she said. "I haven't been to the doctor yet. I'm not sure what it is right now, but for sure not very good because it's black and blue."

She also knows a thing or two about courage.

"I could have just have thought "I can't do it and given up" but I really wanted to do well today," Weirather said. "In the warmup it hurt really badly. I thought that with the adrenalin I'd forget about it."

One race is enough, though, and she won't be taking part in Tuesday's giant slalom in nearby Courchevel.

"I can't, because I can't hold my pole and I have to get an X-ray on my hand," she said. "I'm not sure if it's broken or not."

Goggia, second in Saturday's super-G, now has 15 World Cup podiums.

But only two wins.

Goggia knows what she must do to improve her conversion rate.

"Do most of the turning in the correct way. Sometimes I make mistakes in my performance," she said. "I have to put that off and just ski right and I think it will come."

Having done the morning's inspection, Vonn decided against racing as a precautionary measure. The 33-year-old American is flying home.

"To be on the safe side I'm going to give my body some rest," Vonn tweeted. "My focus is on the Olympics so no need to risk anything."