Loïc Meillard leads the first run of a World Cup slalom at Wengen in what shapes up as another Switzerland-Norway duel. Meillard was 0.45 seconds faster than Henrik Kristoffersen whose Norwegian teammate Lucas Braathen was third. Braathen is the World Cup slalom standings leader and has 0.48 to make up in the second run in the afternoon. Norway aims to sweep the three-race weekend. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde won in downhill and super-G ahead of Swiss runners-up. A Norway team coach will set the second-leg gates. A tricky first-leg course on soft snow left only five racers within 1.6 seconds of Meillard.
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ADELBODEN, Switzerland (AP) Close friends since childhood, Lucas Braathen and Atle Lie McGrath fulfilled their shared dream Sunday by finishing 1-2 in a World Cup ski race. Braathen, who is two days older than his fellow 22-year-old McGrath, got the win in a slalom to extend Norway’s dominating run in the discipline. Sporting his trademark painted fingernails mostly black with one yellow smile emoji Braathen retained his first-run lead to finish 0.71 seconds ahead. Linus Strasser of Germany was 0.92 back in third.
Lucas Braathen beat his childhood friend Atle Lie McGrath for the win in a World Cup slalom on Sunday to extend Norway’s dominating run in the discipline.