A thrilling duel for combination gold

Pinturault is the big “local hero” at this year’s World Ski Championships. The 31-year-old comes from Courchevel (his family runs a five-star hotel not far from the World Cup slopes) and is also France's biggest hope for gold. However, Pinturault did not feel any of this pressure in the Super-G. The all-rounder was the fastest late on Tuesday morning and left defending champion Marco Schwarz behind by six hundredths of a second.

Marco Schwarz is hot on Pinturault's heels. © ANSA / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT

This will be the slalom in the afternoon (from 14.30 p.m. in SportNews -Live ticker) come to the big showdown between the two best combiners of the moment. After all, the last two World Cup races in this discipline were won by Schwarz (2021) and Pinturault (2019).

Who else has a chance? Behind the leading duo was a speed trio with Raphael Haaser, Vincent Kriechmayr and River Radamus. But you are not at home in the slalom. In contrast to sixth-placed Justin Murisier. The Swiss can definitely make fast turns in the pole forest. Atle Lie McGrath (10th) should also have a say about the medals. The Norwegian top talent was already on the podium in the slalom this year.

But Loic Meillard (12th) is also still in contention for a combined medal. Tobias Kastlunger had a decent World Cup debut. The young technology specialist from St. Vigil in Enneberg is in 22nd place after the Super-G. Dominik Paris was around 7 tenths of a second behind Pinturault at the last split, but was eliminated a few goals before the finish. The Ultner only saw the combination as Super-G training anyway.

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A thrilling duel for combination gold

Local hero Alexis Pinturault won the first part of the super combination in Courchevel. His main competitor for World Cup gold is close on the Frenchman's heels.

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