Meillard wins slalom and closes in on discipline leader Kristoffersen
Twice world champion Loic Meillard of Switzerland made it two wins from two weekend races in Norway and now has the chance to claim the slalom World Cup title at the season ender in the United States.
The day after topping the giant slalom in Hafjell, Meillard was unstoppable again in the slalom on Sunday he won .21 of a second ahead of Atle Lie McGrath of Norway and .47 clear Lucas Braathen Pinheiro, also a Norwegian who competes for Brazil.
"It's a dream for a tech skiers to win both days, GS and Slalom, and for it to happen this weekend, it's pretty amazing," Meillard said.
Another Norwegian, Henrik Kristoffersen, could have clinched the discipline title but had to settle for fifth.
He is now just 47 points ahead of slalom and team combined world champion Meillard, with Frenchman Noel Clement also in the race 86 points back.
The final slalom is on March 27 at the American venue of Sun Valley, with 100 points up for grabs for the winner and only the top 15 getting points.
"It's still a big gap, so he (Kristoffersen) has to fail a little bit and I have to do something pretty special like today," Meillard said.
"It's going to be a nice fight until the end...We'll see with jetlag how it goes."
Meillard has a chance to complete a Swiss sweep of all men's World Cup titles. Marco Odermatt has clinched the overall, super-g and giant slalom trophies, and is competing with team-mate Franjo von Allmen for the downhill title.
The World Cup finals in Sun Valley start on Saturday with the men's and women's downhills.
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