Schwarz takes World Cup slalom title in race won by Noël
March 14, 2021 GMT
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) 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.
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.
By Reuters Staff
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(Reuters) - Austria’s Marco Schwarz sealed the Alpine skiing men’s World Cup slalom title on Sunday after finishing seventh in a race in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.
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France’s Clement Noel won ahead of compatriot Victor Muffat-Jeandet with Switzerland’s Ramon Zehnhaeusern third.
Schwarz played it safe in tricky conditions to take his points tally to an unbeatable 625 to Zehnhaeusern’s 503 with one race remaining.
The World Cup finals are being held in Lenzerheide, Switzerland next week, starting with the men’s downhill on Wednesday and with the men’s overall, downhill, super-G and giant slalom globes still to be decided.
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