Meillard navigates Sun Valley course to near perfection, breezes to men's giant slalom win

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Swiss racer Loic Meillard held connected to his first-run pb and cruised to a elephantine slalom triumph connected a sun-splashed people Wednesday astatine the World Cup finals successful Sun Valley, Idaho.

Swiss racer holds disconnected teammate Odermatt and finishes 3rd successful subject standings

Pat Graham · The Associated Press

· Posted: Mar 26, 2025 3:36 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

Swiss racer Loic Meillard competes during a men’s elephantine slalom astatine the World Cup finals connected March 26, 2025 successful Sun Valley, Idaho.

Meillard finished successful a combined clip of 2 minutes 15.21 seconds connected a lukewarm time astatine Sun Valley. He held disconnected Swiss teammate Marco Odermatt by 0.95 seconds, portion Norwegian racer Henrik Kristoffersen finished third.

Odermatt entered the last elephantine slalom contention of the play with a 4th consecutive GS rubric already wrapped up. Kristoffersen coiled up 2nd successful the GS standings and Meillard's show vaulted him into 3rd place.

It was Meillard's 4th vocation World Cup GS win. He navigated the method people to adjacent perfection connected a time erstwhile the somesthesia hovered astir 9 C.

There were nary Canadians entered successful the competition.

WATCH | Meillard victorious successful men's World Cup elephantine slalom by 0.95 seconds:

Switzerland's Loic Meillard wins World Cup finals elephantine slalom race

Swiss racer Loic Meillard defended his World Cup finals elephantine slalom rubric from past season, portion besides winning his 2nd elephantine slalom contention successful a row, astatine the season-ending lawsuit successful Sun Valley, Idaho.

With files from CBC Sports

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