By one hundredth of a second!
Gstrein among the leaders, McGrath leads at the break
Atle Lie McGrath secured victory in Sunday's slalom in Kranjska Gora. The Norwegian finished one hundredth ahead of his compatriot Henrik Kristoffersen and Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (Brazil). Michael Matt was the best Austrian, finishing in an unfortunate fourth place. Meanwhile, ÖSV ace Dominik Raschner had a fabulous second run. The 31-year-old started the second run as the first skier and ultimately made up 23 places. In the end, he finished in seventh place.
Atle Lie McGrath won the Ski World Cup slalom in Kranjska Gora on Sunday, redeeming himself for his failure in the Olympic race. The Norwegian won a close race ahead of his compatriot Henrik Kristoffersen (+0.01 seconds) and Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (+0.04). Michael Matt finished fourth, missing the podium by just 2/100 seconds after improving from ninth place at the halfway stage. McGrath leads Braathen by 41 points in the discipline World Cup.
"I've been happier with fourth place before. We're very close together, but I think the performance in the second run was very, very good," said Matt in an ORF TV interview.
Fabio Gstrein, Olympic silver medalist from Bormio, fell from fifth to twelfth place. Dominik Raschner made perfect use of his number one start position in the second run and finished seventh. "It feels really good to sit on the chair longer in this weather and atmosphere. I made the best of the situation with number one, so I'm happy with that," he said about the long time in the lead. Marco Schwarz ("mediocre") finished 13th and Joshua Sturm 14th.
Olympic champion Meillard already eliminated in the first run
Adrian Pertl (41st) and Jakob Greber (40th) did not qualify for the second run, while Johannes Strolz and Simon Rueland were eliminated in the first run. The same fate befell aces Timon Haugan (NOR), Olympic champion Loic Meillard (SUI), and Eduard Hallberg (FIN). In the second run, Armand Marchant (BEL), who was third at the halfway stage, was eliminated. As announced, Manuel Feller did not start. The Tyrolean has ended his alpine season early due to ongoing physical problems in order to undergo surgery.
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