Kristoffersen won ahead of Luic Meillard in second place and Lucas Braathen in third place after a highly dramatic finish to Sunday’s slalom race. Kristoffersen and Braathen were second and third respectively after the first lap, Loïc Meillard led by 0.45 seconds ahead of Kristoffersen and 0.48 seconds ahead of Braathen. – Absolutely wild But in the end it was the boy from Rælingen who ran away with the victory 0.20 seconds ahead of the Swiss Meillard and 0.49 ahead of Braathen. – It is absolutely wild what happens to the Norwegian alpine skiers during the day, in nine races there have been eight Norwegian victories, said TV 3 commentator Andreas Toft after two Norwegian podium places on Sunday. Kristoffersen thus took his 30th World Cup victory, his second of the season. He also won the slalom race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen earlier in January. – A very good day. I heard that Lucas came in with a second lead, and then I didn’t have much choice, he tells TV 3 after the race. – It felt very, very good. It’s so fat during the day. It’s a lot of fun to be on tour. I enjoy the duel I have with Henrik during the day. I think it is healthy, says Braathen. – Superhappy Atle Lie McGrath finished in 5th place. He is quite happy with that. – Fifth place is good. It was a tough day today. At first it was raining, then it suddenly started snowing in the second half. Being left as one of the last five, it is not easy to keep a cool head. Fifth place, without my best driving, I’m super happy with. It’s fun, he says to news. The 21-year-old Alexander Steen Olsen, who was the youngest man in the final round, made a good performance and led the race in Switzerland for a long time. He eventually finished in 14th place and had the best time in the second half. – I am very satisfied, I feel I am making the most of my opportunities today. If I were to climb a bit more, I would have to drive a lot faster, and that is difficult, so I am very happy, he says to news. Lucas Braathen in action in Wengen. Photo: MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP Demanding conditions There were demanding conditions in Wengen on Sunday. Lucas Braathen summed it up like this to news: – It’s not good, then. But I had starting number 1 (in the first round), so for me it was absolutely king. But it is a bit dead, the salty snow means that there is no response in the snow, says Braathen. He lost a lot of time at the start of the trail in the first half, and described the whole thing as a muddy start. – I couldn’t get the pendulum to go out from the start, and it’s so tough from gate 1 that I couldn’t get the skis up for the first three gates towards the narrow hairpins. I also felt it when I was driving, but that it should be six tenths… God better! But the fact that it was an otherwise good “run” saved it today, Braathen told news after the first half. Teammate Atle Lie McGrath described the first lap as “one of the toughest laps he has driven in the World Cup in slalom”. – During the inspection I thought that “this is going to go slowly”, and when I saw Lucas (Braathen) I thought that “it’s not just going slowly, it’s going at a snail’s pace”. It’s an art of its own to drive then, it’s about stressing as little as possible, he says to news. In the second half, the snow eased and made for even more demanding conditions. Nevertheless, the Norwegian boys managed to deliver brilliant performances.
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