Schwarz takes WC slalom title in race won by Noël KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia – Austrian skier Marco Schwarz locked up the men’s World Cup slalom title Sunday, finishing seventh in a race won by Clément Noël. The result gave Schwarz an insurmountable lead of 122 points over his only remaining challenger in the discipline standings, Ramon Zenhäusern, with only next week’s slalom at the finals in Switzerland coming up. The Swiss skier finished Sunday’s race in third, but needed a win to retain his chance of overtaking Schwarz in the final race. “This is the nicest seventh place of my career,” Schwarz said.