Mölgg relieved, Vinatzer frustrated, Foss-Solevåg overjoyed

Foss-Solevåg did not experience déjà vu in snowy Flachau. The 29-year-old was already in the lead in Madonna di Campiglio, but he didn't keep his lead to the finish and came second. On Sunday the Norwegian again set the best time in the first round. And this time the competition led by Austria could no longer intercept him. With the fastest running time, Foss-Solevåg won his first World Cup victory in a superior manner and then collapsed to the ground in joy. Behind him, Marco Schwarz climbed the podium for the fifth time in the sixth slalom, while Alexis Pinturault made it onto the slalom podium for the first time this winter.

Meanwhile, Alex Vinatzer was unable to free himself from his slump: the 21-year-old had no trouble qualifying for the decision in which he put everything on one card. At first this plan worked brilliantly, but then the man from Wolkenstein intervened. It's a shame, because a big improvement was within the realm of possibility. But as it was, the other South Tyroleans had to take the chestnuts out of the fire. Like Manfred Mölgg: The veteran from Enneberg made perfect turns on the undulating Hermann Maier piste - and was happy about the green light at the finish: "Finally," Mölgg, who came 13th, shouted into the empty finish area. Simon Maurberger, for his part, showed a courageous drive, but suffered the same fate as Vinatzer.

Threaded in, but his form curve points upwards: Simon Maurberger © APA/afp / JOE KLAMAR

However, it wasn't the winner who made the story of the day: AJ Ginnis from Greece entered the annals of skiing by becoming the first athlete from his country to collect World Cup points. In the fall, the 26-year-old told us his story.

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Mölgg relieved, Vinatzer frustrated, Foss-Solevåg overjoyed

While the South Tyrolean slalom riders experienced a bittersweet day in Flachau on Sunday, Sebastian Foss-Solevåg beamed from the top step of the podium for the first time in his career.

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