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03/25 05:19 CDT Slalom standings leader McGrath 6th in 1st run of final World
Cup race of season. Meillard leads
Slalom standings leader McGrath 6th in 1st run of final World Cup race of
season. Meillard leads
HAFJELL, Norway (AP) --- Slalom standings leader Atle Lie McGrath stood only
sixth after the first run of the final World Cup skiing race of the season
Wednesday.
Olympic champion Loic Meillard led Henrik Kristoffersen by 0.67 seconds and
Timon Haugan by 0.79.
Clement Noel was 1.03 behind in fourth, Olympic giant slalom champion Lucas
Pinheiro Braathen of Brazil was 1.15 behind in fifth and McGrath was next, 1.65
back.
McGrath entered the race with an advantage of 41 points over childhood friend
Pinheiro Braathen, with Noel (77 points back) and Kristoffersen (99 points
back) also still in the running for the title.
Wins are worth 100 points, second place earns 80 points and third 60 points.
McGrath, who was born in Vermont but grew up in Norway, entered the final run
of the final men's race at the Milan Cortina Games with a big lead in his best
event. But after straddling a gate, McGrath lost control of his emotions, threw
his ski poles away and ventured toward the woods to gather himself.
Marco Odermatt, who does not compete in slalom, secured his fifth straight
overall title before the finals. He was due to be awarded the large crystal
globe trophy later.
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