Raphael Haaser stuns to win Alpine worlds giant slalom, ends Swiss men's bid for gold sweep
Austrian Raphael Haaser went from fifth place to win the World Alpine Skiing Championships giant slalom, the first top-level victory of his career.
Haaser, 27, prevailed by 23 hundredths of a second over Swiss Thomas Tumler combining times from two runs in Saalbach, Austria, on Friday.
The Swiss finished second, third (Loic Meillard) and fourth (defending world champion Marco Odermatt).
Haaser ended the Swiss bid to sweep the men's golds at worlds after they won the first three events. There is still a slalom on Sunday.
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Haaser was fifth place after the first run, 62 hundredths behind leader Timon Haugan of Norway. Haaser had the fourth-fastest second run, while none of the top four men from the first run finished in the 19 of the second run.
Haaser, who has yet to win on the World Cup circuit, now has a world championships medal of every color (super-G silver last Friday, plus a combined bronze in 2023).
River Radamus was the top American on Friday in 17th.
Worlds continue Saturday with the women's slalom featuring Mikaela Shiffrin, live at 3:45 and 7:15 a.m. ET on Peacock.
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