Alpine skiing-Haugan takes Norway's first win of World Cup season

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Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Men's Slalom - Gurgl, Austria - November 22, 2025 Norway's Timon Haugan in action during the second run REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth

Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Men's Slalom - Gurgl, Austria - November 22, 2025 Norway's Timon Haugan prepares to start the second run REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth

Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Men's Slalom - Gurgl, Austria - November 22, 2025 Norway's Atle Lie McGrath in action during the first run REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth

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VAL D'ISERE, France, Dec 14 : Timon Haugan gave Norway a first win of the World Cup Alpine ski season on Sunday in a men's slalom in the French resort of Val d'Isere.

The 28-year-old's success sent him top of the slalom standings with 195 points after three races.

Switzerland's slalom world champion Loic Meillard was second, after winning a giant slalom on Saturday and going fastest in the opening leg by 0.05, with Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen third for his 97th podium.

Norwegians filled four of the top six places, with Oscar Andreas Sandvik fifth and Hans Grahl-Madsen sixth.

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"I was very nervous ... so many guys going out, doing a lot of mistakes," said Haugan after his sixth career win. "It could happen to me as well but I managed to follow my plan and avoid big mistakes."

The Norwegian, second after the first run, had questioned earlier in the morning whether he would be able to race due to some back pain but was happy he did.

"It was pretty bad this morning but then it actually got a little bit better," he told TNT Sport.

Meillard was last to run and crossed the line 0.28 slower than Haugan's combined time of one minute 37.89 seconds.

Italy's Alex Vinatzer set the fastest time of 49.21 in the second leg to finish fourth after being 25th in the opening run down the Face de Bellevarde slope.

Olympic champion Clement Noel of France was one of five who failed to finish the second leg.

Norway's Atle Lie McGrath and Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, third and fifth respectively after the first run, both straddled gates on their second attempts.

The next men's slalom is in Italy's Alta Badia resort on December 22. There have been three different winners in the discipline so far.

Alpine skiing-Haugan takes Norway's first win of World Cup season

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