WENGEN (SWITZERLAND) (ITALPRESS) – A Norwegian hat trick at the Wengen slalom, valid for the men’s Alpine Skiing World Cup. Atle Lie McGrath won with a time of 1’45″94. With him on the podium were compatriots Timon Haugan, 18 hundredths down, and Henrik Kristoffersen, 29 hundredths off.Absolute domination for the Scandinavians, then, with the Swiss Tanguy Nef excellent fourth after entering the top of the rankings in the first run with bib number 20; the Swiss trio close to the podium is complemented by Loic Meillard and Daniel Yule, fifth and sixth.Twenty-seventh place for Tobias Kastlunger, the only Italian to enter the second run. The South Tyrolean in the second fraction tried to recover, ran into a mistake at the foot of the wall but gained three positions and finished 2?28 behind McGrath. “Too bad about the mistake in the final. I got to the bottom of the wall well, I felt it was a good run. But the bump betrayed me: I think I entered the turn late, I’m working on the bumps also in training. “Not qualified for the second instead Stefano Gross (31st) and Alex Vinatzer, with Maurberger out.Kristoffersen keeps the red bib as leader of the specialty ranking with 435 points, 65 more than Meillard with Noel third at 374. Marco Odermatt commands the overall standings undisturbed with 866 points, Kristoffersen is second with 634, and third is Meillard at 527.The men’s World Cup now moves to Kitzbùhel: starting Friday, racing on the Streif with super-G and downhill, before the slalom on Sunday.
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