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12/22 04:10 CST First Nol. Olympic slalom champion Clment leads first run of
World Cup race
First Nol. Olympic slalom champion Clment leads first run of World Cup race
ALTA BADIA, Italy (AP) --- In Alpine skiing's last World Cup race before
Christmas, Nol is first.
Clment Nol, the Olympic champion whose family name is French for Christmas,
took a 0.09-second lead in the first run of a slalom Monday on the icy Gran
Risa course in the Dolomites mountains.
Atle Lie McGrath, the Vermont-born Norwegian, was second and Loc Meillard was
third with 0.26 to make up in the afternoon run.
Nol is a 14-time slalom winner on the World Cup circuit with just one top-10
result in three races this season, a runner-up finish behind Lucas Braathen
Pinheiro in the opening race at Levi, Finland.
Braathen Pinheiro, who races for Brazil, was tied for 12th in the first run,
trailing by exactly one second.
World Cup overall leader Marco Odermatt does not race slalom, and his nearest
--- though distant --- challenger Marco Schwarz was outside the top 15 fastest
racers Monday morning. Schwarz won the classic giant slalom Sunday.
The next men's World Cup race also is in Italy on Saturday, a super-G at
Livigno. That is close to Bormio, where the men will race at the Milan Cortina
Olympics in February.
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