Olympic champion Clement Noel has posted the fastest time in the opening run of the first men’s World Cup slalom of the season. Record eight-time overall champion Marcel Hirscher failed to qualify for the second run.
France’s Clement Noel speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men’s World Cup slalom, in Levi, Finland, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. Netherland’s Marcel Hirscher speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men’s World Cup slalom, in Levi, Finland, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. Brazil’ Lucas Braathen speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men’s World Cup slalom, in Levi, Finland, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024.
Noel overcame what looked like a costly mistake when he had to brake in the steep middle section of the Levi Black course and edged out Swiss allrounder Loic Meillard by 0.02 seconds.“It was tough, the snow is difficult — sometimes there’s grip, sometimes no grip,” Noel said. “I hope I can do a better second run, I had quite a few mistakes in the first.”three weeks ago after tweaking his back during warmups, was the runner-up to Swiss teammate Marco Odermatt in the overall standings last season.
Hirscher, a three-time winner in Levi, finished 2.59 off the lead and outside the top 30 in his first slalom race in 2,072 days.“The first gates I thought that’s going nicely but then it relatively quickly turned into one of the worst slalom runs of my life,” Hirscher said. Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, another racer coming back and starting for Brazil since leaving the Norwegian federation a year ago, started 33rd but finished 0.86 behind in 10th.
Finnish skier Eduard Hallberg, wearing bib 40, pleased the home crowd by posting the eighth-fastest time, six tenths behind leader Noel, in only his fourth race at the World Cup level.
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