Austrian skier Feller leads 1st run of slalom at worlds

Published February 19, 2023 4:05 AM

COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Austrian skier Manuel Feller took the lead with his first run in the men’s slalom at the world championships. Feller was 0.13 seconds faster than Lucas Braathen of Norway and AJ Ginnis of Greece. Linus Strasser of Germany was one-hundredth further back in fourth. Defending champion Sebastian Foss-Solevaag stood fifth and the Norwegian had 0.35 to make up in the second run. Olympic champion Clement Noel trailed by 0.64. Feller is chasing his country’s first gold medal of the championships. Austria led the medal table with five golds two years ago and has won at least one event at every worlds since 1987.

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