European Cup Finals: Men’s slalom in Grandvalira (AND)
Mar 16, 2022·Alpine Skiing
The first day of competition began on the Avet de Soldeu slope, with the men’s slalom. The protagonist of the day was the Norwegian Alexander Steen Olsen, who takes today’s victory and managed to win the European Cup (EC) overall title in slalom, after becoming double World Junior Champion in slalom and giant slalom last week in Panorama (CAN). Alexander led the race by -1.51sec and a final time of 1:45.11.
Noel Von Gruenigen (SUI), who was leading the EC ranking until the very last race, was unable to complete the first leg and skied out in the very last section. This fact has put him in 2nd place in the slalom EC overall.
The second classified of the slalom race in Andorra has been the Spanish Joaquim Salarich, with a time of 1:46.62, which is his best result in this year's European Cup, finishing in 7th position overall. The podium of the race was completed by the Austrian Joshua Sturm in third, who achieved a time of 1:46.63.
After the race, the Spaniard Joaquim Salarich explained his feelings:
Alexander Steen Olsen was very satisfied with his performance as well:
Finally, the podium of the EC overall slalom classification was completed with the third place of the German Fabian Himmelsbach, who finished 15th in the race today.
Tomorrow Grandvalira will host the women's downhill events on the piste Àliga and the men's giant slalom on the Avet piste. The downhill race is scheduled to start at 8:45am and the giant slalom at 8:30am or 11:00 depending on the slope conditions.
Live-Streaming Men's GS tomorrow: https://vimeo.com/event/1838536/embed
Check out the official results here and the program of the EC finals here.
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