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Emotional McGrath Ends Season on a High with World Cup Slalom Title
Atle Lie McGrath won the slalom title with 64 points ahead after three wins this season, clinching the crystal globe despite finishing eighth in the final race.
- On Wednesday, Norwegian skier Atle Lie McGrath secured the World Cup slalom Crystal Globe on home snow in Lillehammer, concluding the season on a high note after last month's Olympic disappointment.
- Last month in Bormio, McGrath straddled a gate while leading the Milano Cortina Olympics slalom, lost control of his emotions, and ventured toward the woods to gather himself.
- Fellow Norwegian Timon Haugan won Wednesday's race while McGrath finished eighth, yet McGrath clinched the title 64 points ahead of France's Clement Noel and 73 points ahead of Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, who failed to finish.
- "It's the best day of my life, really," said an emotional McGrath after receiving the trophy, dedicating the win to his late grandfather and noting one can "come out the other end."
- McGrath plans to keep the Globe on his nightstand to remember the season's intensity; having won the slalom title in 2023, he intends to use this achievement as motivation for future victories.
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LILLEHAMMER, Norway, March 25 : Norway's Atle Lie McGrath ended his Alpine ski season on a high, after the low of last month's Olympics, by winning the World Cup slalom Crystal Globe on home snow on Wednesday.The U.S.-born 25-year-old finished eighth in the last race of the season in Lillehammer to finish 64
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Timon Haugan Wins in Hafjell, Norway, as Atle Lie McGrath Claims Emotional Slalom Crystal Globe
Timon Haugan crossing the finish line to claim home victory in Hafjell, Norway. | Image: Van Deer RedBull The men’s slalom season came to a dramatic close at Hafjell, Norway, where a packed home crowd had two reasons to cheer: it witnessed both a Norwegian race win as well as a Norwegian Slalom Crystal Globe champion.Timon Haugan skied to a dominant home victory, finishing nearly half a second ahead of second-placed Loïc Meillaard from Switzerla…
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