Slovenian Wins First World Cup

Slovenia’s Andrej Miklavc came out of the pack to record his first-ever World Cup slalom victory with a charging second run that helped him overcome a deficit of more than a second.

Austria’s Christian Mayer, the 21st seed who followed Miklavc down the second run and finished second by just one-hundredth of a second.

Italy’s Fabio De Crignis took third in a combined 1:38.84, while the first-run leader, France’s Sebastien Amiez, finished fourth in 1:38.95.

The best finish for America came from Matt Grosjean, who finished 13th with a time of 1:41.76.