US EditionWorld Champion Loic Meillard Leads Kitzbühel Slalom After 1st Run. Atle Lie McGrath Skies Out
Manuel Feller overcame a challenging season and back pain to claim his seventh World Cup win and first podium this season, edging out world champion Loic Meillard by 0.35 seconds.
- On Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, Loic Meillard led the opening run of the Kitzbühel World Cup slalom, posting the fastest time as the reigning world slalom champion seeking his first win of the season.
- Meillard arrived in Kitzbühel having won the world title last year and with two December podiums, while Atle Lie McGrath had gone top of the standings last week after winning in Wengen and was a pre-race favourite for the Feb. 16 Milan Cortina Olympics.
- Stat lines showed a compact leaderboard with eight skiers within a second of the leader, as Meillard led Eduard Hallberg, Finland, by 0.35 seconds and Clement Noel, France, was 0.79 seconds behind.
- Atle Lie McGrath skied out after missing a gate, having been 0.27 behind at the first split, which dropped him to third as Lucas Pinheiro Braathen now leads the slalom standings.
- This Kitzbühel slalom is among the final World Cup tune-ups before the Olympics, with the second leg at 1230 GMT and the Schladming night race Wednesday as the last slalom before Milan Cortina.
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Austrian skier Manuel Feller pleases home crowd with surprise World Cup slalom win in Kitzbühel
Manuel Feller pleased the home crowd with a surprise win in the World Cup slalom of the classic Hahnenkamm event on Sunday, a day after the Austrian team had a disastrous result in the downhill. Feller, fourth after the opening leg, kneeled on the snow in the finish area after…
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Austria's Manuel Feller pleases home crowd with surprise World Cup slalom win in Kitzbuhel
Manuel Feller pleased the home crowd with a surprise win in the World Cup slalom of the classic Hahnenkamm event on Sunday in Kitzbuhel, a day after the Austrian team had a disastrous result in the downhill.
The home win on the Ganslernhang was an emotional relief strike for ÖSV star Manuel Feller after many problems on and off the slopes.
After yesterday's skier's earflap, Austrian fans were just looking forward to the victory in Kitzbühel, the first since 2017. The winner will receive 101,000 euros and a golden chamois.
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