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McGrath closing on slalom World Cup title after Olympic nightmare
- On Sunday, Atle Lie McGrath was fastest in the first run of a slalom, his first race in the discipline since an emotional Olympics exit three weeks ago.
- The season-long duel positions Atle Lie McGrath, Vermont-born racer, just one point ahead of Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, Olympic giant slalom champion racing for Brazil, before the March 24 race in Norway.
- Armand Marchant held third, trailing McGrath by 0.55, while Noël was seventh with 0.78 to make up.
- The event awards 100 points to the winner and 80 to the runner-up, directly influencing season standings as title contenders battle for the slalom crown.
- As he waited at the start gate Sunday, the World Cup television broadcast showed a quiet nearby forest, recalling Bormio, Italy, while Loïc Meillard skied out and Timon Haugan straddled a gate.
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Alpine skiing-McGrath closing on slalom World Cup title after Olympic nightmare
March 8 : Norway's Atle Lie McGrath won a men's Alpine skiing World Cup slalom by the slimmest of margins in Slovenia on Sunday and moved a big step closer to his first Crystal Globe in the discipline.McGrath, who looks set to end the season on a high after the low of crashing out of the Olympic slalom with g
·Singapore
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Norwegian skier won the special slalom World Cup race
·Italy
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Norway's Atle Lie McGrath won the slalom at the men's Alpine Skiing World Championships in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Tormis Laine did not make it to the second descent.
·Estonia
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Results of the men's slalom race in Kranjska Gora and the overall standings of the Alpine Skiing World Cup after the 65th Vitranc Cup.
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