Kristoffersen seals back-to-back giant slalom wins in Kranjska Gora

BySportsbeat

Updated 13/03/2022 at 15:17 GMT

Henrik Kristoffersen claimed his second giant slalom victory in as many days with a vastly improved second run in Slovenia. The Norwegian followed up his success on Saturday as Marco Odermatt closed in on the overall World Cup title despite finishing third, having lead after the first run of the day.

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Henrik Kristoffersen made it two giant slalom victories in two days in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia as Marco Odermatt finished third to close in on the overall World Cup title.

Norwegian Kristoffersen was in third place after the first run with a time of 1:12.46 but his second run of 1:05.67 saw him post an overall time of 2:18.13 to take top spot.

Austrian Stefan Brennsteiner was his nearest rival, finishing 0.23 seconds behind to take silver after posting runs of 1:12.63 and 1:05.73 for a combined time of 2:18.36.

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Odermatt had been leading after the first run, having crossed the line in 1:12.16, but the 24-year-old Swiss star dropped to third in the final standings with a second run of 2:18.40.

That result was still good enough to all but seal the overall World Cup title, taking his lead to a near-insurmountable 329 points over Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde.

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