Impressive Kristoffersen powers to downhill slalom victory
BySportsbeat
Published 16/01/2017 at 09:31 GMT
Henrik Kristoffersen sealed his 13th career slalom win in the downhill slalom in Wengen.
The Norwegian finished with a combined time of 1:43.31, 0.15 ahead of his nearest rival, Austrian Marcel Hirscher.
Kristoffersen's first run of 52.80 was the fastest time in the round by more than half a second, with the Norwegian the only skier to register a sub-53 second run.
And Kristoffersen clocked a second round run of 50.8 to claim the win ahead of Hirscher, whose time of 50.39 was the quickest of the round.
Germany's Felix Neureuther finished third in Wengen with a combined time of 1:43.94, with Hirscher's Austria team mate Christian Hirschbuhl fourth in 1:44.06.
Kristoffersen is top of the overall slalom standings with 460 points, 20 ahead of Hirscher in second place.
Italy's Manfred Molegg, who finished eighth, is in third place overall.
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