Loic Meillard wins slalom to cap dominant World Alpine Skiing Championships for Swiss men
Meillard prevailed by 26 hundredths of a second over Norwegian Atle Lie McGrath combining times from two runs in Saalbach, Austria. German Linus Strasser earned bronze.
Clément Noël, the Olympic gold medalist from France, led after the first run. He skied out in the closing gates of the second run having trailed Meillard by 16 hundredths at the last intermediate time check.
The Swiss men finished worlds with four gold medals in five events and nine medals overall, breaking the record of eight medals for a men's team at worlds shared by the French men in 1966 and the Austrian men in 1962.
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Switerland's 13 total medals and five golds at these worlds in all events marked the best output for one nation since Austria had the same numbers in 1999.
Swiss Meillard and Wendy Holdener won the most medals at these worlds — three each. Meillard earned team combined gold Wednesday and giant slalom bronze Friday.
Worlds Championships highlights air Sunday at 4 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.
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