Brazil's Olympic Ski Champion Pinheiro Braathen Poised for Win with 1st-Run Lead at Season Opener
He led Loic Meillard by 0.24 seconds and was aiming for a fourth straight giant slalom win.
- On Sunday, Brazilian skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen led the season-opening World Cup giant slalom in Soelden, Austria, poised to extend his winning streak in the discipline to four races.
- The Norwegian-born Pinheiro Braathen switched nationalities two years ago to represent Brazil, having won the final two World Cup GS races last season to seal the discipline title.
- Pinheiro Braathen holds a 0.24-second lead over Olympic slalom champion Loic Meillard and 0.49 ahead of Stefan Brennsteiner, following a course shortening due to strong winds on the Rettenbach glacier.
- Five-Time defending overall champion Marco Odermatt stands fourth, 0.55 behind, and Atle Lie McGrath is fifth, 0.64 behind, as lower-ranked skiers continue navigating the difficult, wind-affected course.
- South America's first Winter Olympics medalist, Pinheiro Braathen earned his breakthrough at the Milan Cortina Games and aims to build on his victory in Levi, Finland, achieved nearly a year ago.
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goSkagitBrazil's Olympic ski champion Pinheiro Braathen poised for win with 1st-run lead at season opener
SÖLDEN, Austria (AP) — Brazilian Olympic champion Lucas Pinheiro Braathen led the opening run of the season-opening World Cup giant slalom on Sunday and was poised to extend his winning streak in the discipline to four races.
Olympic champion Lucas Pinheiro Braathen got off to a flying start in the opening giant slalom of the Ski World Cup season in Sölden. The Brazilian is leading by 24 hundredths of a second after the opening round, ahead of Swiss Loic Meillard, who won gold in the slalom under five rings this year. Due to windy weather, the race is being run on a shortened course from a substitute start.
Olympic champion Lucas Pinheiro Braathen leads at the half-time of the start-up race in the men's alpine ski world cup on Sunday in Sölden. The pre-season discipline winner starting for Brazil takes 0.24 seconds advantage of the Swiss Loic Meillard in the second round (13.00 a.m./live ORF 1). The best Austrian Stefan Brennsteiner (+0.49 sec.) was ahead of top star Marco Odermatt (+0.55) in third place, team-mate Marco Schwarz lost.
Olympic champion Lucas Pinheiro Braathen leads to the half-time of the start-up race in the men's alpine ski world cup on Sunday in Sölden. The pre-season discipline winner starting for Brazil takes 0.24 seconds advantage of the Swiss Loic Meillard in the second round (13.00 a.m./live ORF 1). The best Austrian Stefan Brennsteiner (+0.49 sec.) was ahead of top star Marco [...]
Olympic champion Lucas Pinheiro Braathen leads at the half-time of the start-up race in the men's alpine ski world cup on Sunday in Sölden. The pre-season discipline winner starting for Brazil takes 0.24 seconds advantage of the Swiss Loic Meillard in the second round (13.00 a.m./live ORF 1). The best Austrian Stefan Brennsteiner (+0.49 sec.) was ahead of top star Marco Odermatt (+0.55) in third place, team-mate Marco Schwarz lost.
Widrige weather conditions led to a shortening of the first race on Sunday during the giant goal run in Sölden. Lucas Pinheiro Braathen did not let himself be misled by it and hit the best time in the snow. But beware: due to the small time intervals everything is open in the decision.
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