Ramon Zenhausern holds off Andre Myhrer to take parallel slalom gold

Myhrer trailed by 0.04s after the first run and, although the two riders were neck-and-neck for much of the second run, he could not quite bridge the difference.

The men's race was the final World Cup event before the PyeongChang Olympics and it was a high-quality event throughout, with Britain's Dave Ryding knocked out in the first round.

Germany's Linus Strasser held on to beat Switzerland's Luca Aerni for bronze.

The women's race was missing overall World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin, and Norway's Nina Haver-Loeseth took advantage as she won her second World Cup gold.

Switzerland's Wendy Holdener took silver but she lost control in the second run of the final.

Slovakia's Petra Vlhova beat Sweden's Frida Hansdotter for third.

America's overall World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin, who won the event the last time it was held in Stockholm, skipped this year's gathering, which took place just 10 days before the Winter Olympics will open in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Both competitions featured 16 athletes racing against each other in pairs over two legs, with the winner going forward to the next round.

Austria's Marcel Hirscher, who leads the overall men's standings, started as the favourite on Tuesday, but he was narrowly beaten in the quarter-finals by Luca Aerni of Switzerland.

The city centre course at Hammarbybacken provided a tough test of the technical skills of the skiers, with the head-to-head racing adding spice to the occasion.

The Pyeongchang Games will feature a side-by-side racing format for the first time, as part of the Alpine Team event.

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