US EditionSwiss Meillard Wins Final Giant Slalom Before Olympics
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Alban Elezi Cannaferina pushes the hierarchy while the French Ski Federation has to award one last ticket.
The Swiss Loic Meillard wins in Schladming the last giant goal before the Olympic Games. The ÖSV team is disappointed: Marco Schwarz is the best Austrian eighth.
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SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — Loic Meillard won the last men’s giant slalon test in the World Cup before the Olympic Games, denying Lucas Pinheiro Braathen what would have been the second victory for Brazil. Pinheiro Braathen had a slight advantage over Meillard after Tuesday’s initial series, but could not maintain his advantage after the Swiss skier recorded the second best time in the last series. Last November, Pinheiro Braathen won the slalon …
Swiss Loic Meillard is the winner of the giant slalom for the Alpine Skiing World Cup in Schladming. Brazilian Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the leader after the first run, finished second in the final (+0.73), with Frenchman Alban Elezi Cannaferina third (+0.90). Slovenian Žan Kranjec won 13th place (2.54) in the last giant slalom before the Olympic Games.
After 2023 the Valaisian triumphs again on the Planai. Gino Caviezel misses the 2nd round at the comeback.
Schladming’s double nightly appointment, today with the giant and tomorrow with the slalon, marks the pause in these trials for men before the Games of Cortina d’Ampezzo are launched. In the heart of Austria, on the very hard snow, with little grip, of the Planai track, arrived the seventh of the nine giants fixed for the season.
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