11 February 2024 at 10:15 Weather affected slalom competition canceled Timon Haugan and Henrik Kristoffersen made good use of early start numbers in the slalom in Bulgaria today. Because the visibility got worse and worse in a rain-heavy Bansko on Sunday. The race has now been cancelled. Haugan and Kristoffersen were in second and third place. 0.27 and 0.38 behind French Noël Clément, who had starting number two. The Frenchman appeared to hook a gate but was not dished. – It was a big, big advantage to start first. I didn’t feel I had a great run and I was a bit on the safe side, said Haugan to Viaplay. – Today it was an advantage to be number one and number two. I’m the only one who managed to keep up, so I think I drove well, said Kristoffersen to Viaplay, who was fourth from the starting gate. But what could have been a Norwegian victory duel turned out to be nothing. Before the first half had been completed, the slalom competition was canceled due to bad weather conditions. Alexander Steen Olsen and Atle Lie McGrath were among those who had tougher conditions. They were respectively 1.50 and 2.24 seconds behind the leader. McGrath fell in yesterday’s final round and held onto his arm after recovering to his feet. It looked bad for today’s slalom competition, but luckily there were no breaks. – The last 12 hours have been so ridiculously painful. I have burns and have spit blood, he told Viaplay before the first half. Sebastian Foss Solevåg was in provisional 25th place.
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