Foss-Solevaag swoops to first World Cup win
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Flachau (Austria) (AFP)
Norwegian skier Sebastian Foss-Solevaag collected his first ever World Cup victory when he won the slalom in Flachau on Sunday.
The 29-year-old, who has three previous podiums, was quickest on the first run with a time of 53.50sec and then followed that an even faster 52.73sec second run to secure the victory.
Foss-Solevaag, the only man to go under 53 seconds on either run, finished 0.76sec ahead of the Austrian Marco Schwarz.
Overall leader Alexis Pinturault bounced back from a disappointing eighth in the first run to clinch third.
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FLACHAU, Austria (AP) Manuel Feller raced through driving snow to win a World Cup slalom on Saturday after Clement Noël let a first-run lead slip away in his third straight race.
Feller rose from third fastest in the morning to edge Noël by 0.43 seconds and regain the slalom standings lead on a course named for Austrian great Hermann Maier.
Marco Schwarz was third, trailing his Austria teammate by 0.70 and a single point in the season-long standings.
Feller’s first career win followed six runner-up finishes, including in two slaloms this season and a silver medal at the 2017 world championships.