CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (Reuters) - Norway's Sebastian Foss-Solevaag twisted his way down a rutted and slushy piste to take men's slalom gold in the final race of the Cortina d'Ampezzo Alpine skiing world championships on Sunday. Foss-Solevaag was the first Norwegian to win the world slalom title since Tom Stiansen in Sestriere in 1997, also on Italian snow, and his country's sole individual champion of 2021. He also helped Norway to team gold last Wednesday. Austria's Marco Schwarz, leader of the slalom World Cup standings and gold medallist in combined, straddled on the second run. Compatriot Jean-Baptiste Grange, the 2011 and 2015 world slalom champion, straddled on the first leg.

Source: The Star February 21, 2021 13:34 UTC