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Norwegian skier Atle Lie McGrath secured the World Cup slalom title on home snow Wednesday to conclude the season on a positive note after losing his temper at the Olympics when he squandered a big first-run lead.
McGrath broke down in tears during a long, emotional embrace with childhood friend and Olympic giant slalom champion Lucas Pinheiro Braathen of Brazil, who straddled a gate early in his second run to pave the way for McGrath’s title.
McGrath, who won three slaloms this season, earned his first discipline title.
Timon Haugan, another Norwegian, won the race in Hafjell in a two-run time of two minutes 3.75 seconds, 0.44 ahead of Olympic champion Loic Meillard (2:04.19) and 1.03 ahead of Finland’s Eduard Hallberg (2;04.78).
No Canadians entered the competition.
Norwegian Timon Haugan won the final men’s slalom race of the World Cup season in Lillehammer, Norway, while fellow countryman Atle Lie McGrath won the FIS crystal globe slalom title.
McGrath, who came eighth in the race, finished 64 points ahead of 2022 Olympic champion Clement Noel and 73 points ahead of Pinheiro Braathen.
McGrath, who was born in Vermont but grew up in Norway, entered the final run of the slalom at the Milan-Cortina Games with a big lead. But after straddling a gate, McGrath angrily 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 awarded the large Crystal Globe after the slalom.
Watch the final run of the FIS World Cup men’s slalom event from Lillehammer, Norway.
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