Mathieu Faivre won gold in the men’s giant slalom at the skiing world championships. The Frenchman beat Luca de Aliprandini of Italy by 0.63 seconds. Marco Schwarz of Austria finished 0.87 off the lead to take bronze. First-run leader Alex Pinturault skied out after seven gates in the final run. Defending champion Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway finished ninth. It is Faivre’s second medal of the worlds after winning Tuesday’s parallel event. ___ 11:15 a.m. Alexis Pinturault posted the fastest time in the opening run of the men’s giant slalom at the skiing world championships. The Frenchman led Luca De Aliprandini of Italy by 0.40 seconds.