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France's Sandrine Aubert claimed her second consecutive World Cup victory when she won the last slalom of the season in Are, Sweden.

Aubert, who won last week in Ofterschwang, Germany, clocked a combined best time of one minute 49.23 seconds.

German Fanny Chmelar was second 0.06" seconds behind, with Swede Therese Borssen and Czech Sarka Zahrobska joint third 0.23" off the pace.

Aubert, who was third after the first leg, took a lot of risks in the second run as Zahrobska, who had prevailed in the morning, made a few small mistakes that cost her victory.

German Maria Riesch, who had already won the slalom World Cup, was fifth.

"I don't know what to say, it's awesome, fantastic," said 26-year-old Aubert. "I can't find the words because I really did not expect to win again.

"It's great. I was disappointed after the world championships (where she crashed in the second leg). I wanted to attack all the way, give it all in the second leg," she added.

The World Cup finals continue on Saturday with the women's giant slalom and the men's slalom.

Reuters