US EditionNorwegian Skier McGrath Wins Wengen Slalom Ahead of Good Friend Pinheiro Braathen
Atle Lie McGrath holds a 0.40-second lead in the Wengen slalom as he aims for back-to-back wins and a second victory this World Cup season.
- In Wengen on Jan. 18, 2026, Atle Lie McGrath led the opening run, finishing 0.40 seconds ahead of Loic Meillard and Henrik Kristoffersen.
- Attempting to defend his Wengen title, Atle Lie McGrath is chasing a second seasonal win after his Alta Badia victory, using cautious gates then a charge on the Männlichen course.
- Showing flair at the end, Atle Lie McGrath kicked off his ski and caught it in a move compared to Didier Cuche; Lucas Pinheiro Braathen stood fourth, 0.50 behind, while Timon Haugan was 0.90 back.
- With two more slaloms before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics open on Feb. 6, Atle Lie McGrath's result feeds his World Cup résumé—he has four wins and 19 podiums—affecting momentum.
- McGrath comes from an Olympic family, as his father Felix McGrath skied for the U.S. at the 1988 Calgary Olympics and his mother competed in cross-country for the University of Vermont.
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The seventh men's slalom of the season brought an interesting outcome and a new leader in the discipline's overall standings. Norwegian Atle Lie McGrath led after the first run in the classic race in Wengen, but in the final he repelled all attacks from his rivals and with the fourth time of the second run took the lead in the slalom overall standings and his fifth career victory, his second in the slaloms in Wengen after 2025.
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The Star Kuala LumpurAlpine skiing-McGrath goes top of World Cup slalom standings with Wengen victory
WENGEN, Switzerland, Jan 18 : Norway's Atle Lie McGrath claimed his second World Cup slalom victory of the season as he edged out Norway-born Brazilian Lucas Pinheiro Braathen in Wengen on Sunday.McGrath led after the first run and kept his cool under intense pressure from former team mate Pinheiro Braathen t
The Norwegian made the best time for a first round that had widened considerably, to the detriment of Clement Noël (6th) and Paco Rassat (10th).
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