1:50.72. Lucas Pinheiro Braathen won the men’s slalom in Levi on Sunday by 0.31 seconds from Clément Noël. It was the first World Cup win for Brazil. Eduard Hallberg was third for Finland at 0.57.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time / Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas Pinheiro BraathenBRA | BRA | 1:50.72 |
| 2 | Clément NoëlFRA | FRA | +0.31 |
| 3 | Eduard HallbergFIN | FIN | +0.57 |
| 4 | Laurie TaylorGBR | GBR | +0.61 |
| 5 | Timon HauganNOR | NOR | +0.77 |
Where it was won
Pinheiro Braathen led the first run by 0.41 from Noël. The sun came out for the second run on a polished, hard Levi Black, where you have to be precise on the edge or the ski slides. Noël, who has 14 World Cup wins, put down a second run the FIS report called calm but attacking. He took 0.10 out of the lead. That was not enough.
Laurie Taylor of Britain set the fastest second run and climbed 11 places to fourth, a career best, 0.04 off the podium. Timon Haugan was on course for the podium until he lost it on the pitch and the flats at the bottom. On a hill like Levi, the flat finish punishes any skier who has run out of speed coming off the last pitch.
Out
- Atle Lie McGrath: straddled.
- Henrik Kristoffersen: 13th. Loïc Meillard: 14th.
Numbers
- 6: Pinheiro Braathen’s World Cup wins. The first five were for Norway, before his slalom globe in 2022/23 and his year away.
- 22: races for Brazil before this one, with five podiums.
- 18 years: since a Finnish man last made a World Cup podium, Kalle Palander’s GS win in December 2007. Hallberg is the first Finnish man on a World Cup podium on home snow. Tanja Poutiainen was second in the Levi slalom in 2012.
- 11th: the previous best Levi result by a Finnish man, Palander in 2006.
Braathen walked away from Norway two years ago over a dispute about marketing rights and came back for Brazil, his mother’s country, last season. Today he won for Brazil. His Norwegian father was at the finish.