McGrath closing on slalom World Cup title after Olympic nightmare
- On Sunday, Atle Lie McGrath was fastest in the first run of a slalom, his first race in the discipline since an emotional Olympics exit three weeks ago.
- The season-long duel positions Atle Lie McGrath, Vermont-born racer, just one point ahead of Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, Olympic giant slalom champion racing for Brazil, before the March 24 race in Norway.
- Armand Marchant held third, trailing McGrath by 0.55, while Noël was seventh with 0.78 to make up.
- The event awards 100 points to the winner and 80 to the runner-up, directly influencing season standings as title contenders battle for the slalom crown.
- As he waited at the start gate Sunday, the World Cup television broadcast showed a quiet nearby forest, recalling Bormio, Italy, while Loïc Meillard skied out and Timon Haugan straddled a gate.
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Alpine skiing-McGrath closing on slalom World Cup title after Olympic nightmare
March 8 : Norway's Atle Lie McGrath won a men's Alpine skiing World Cup slalom by the slimmest of margins in Slovenia on Sunday and moved a big step closer to his first Crystal Globe in the discipline.McGrath, who looks set to end the season on a high after the low of crashing out of the Olympic slalom with g
Norwegian skier won the special slalom World Cup race
Norway's Atle Lie McGrath won the slalom at the men's Alpine Skiing World Championships in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Tormis Laine did not make it to the second descent.
Results of the men's slalom race in Kranjska Gora and the overall standings of the Alpine Skiing World Cup after the 65th Vitranc Cup.
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