Grange edges Myhrer to win night slalom race
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January 27, 2011, Thursday
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JEAN-BAPTISTE Grange of France won a men's World Cup night slalom on Tuesday in Schladming, Austria, his second victory in three days.
Grange, who also took Sunday's slalom in Kitzbuehel, secured his ninth career win with an aggregate time of 1 minute, 46.54 seconds to edge Andre Myhrer by 0.04. The Swede had posted the fastest time in the opening run.
Myhrer's teammate Mattias Hargin was 0.60 back in third.
"This is one of the best wins of my career," Grange said. "I have always been impressed by the atmosphere and it was my dream to win here."
Grange injured his shoulder in a crash last month but returned to the circuit sooner than expected and wrapped up an impressive double victory.
Though winning the last two slalom races before next month's world championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen has put the Frenchman among the favorites in Germany, Grange played it down
"Garmisch is really steep, that's not going to be easy," Grange said. "It's all amazing as 10 days ago, it didn't look good with the pain in my shoulder. (Winning) two races in a row is perfect for me. I worked hard for it."
Ivica Kostelic took fifth to further extend his lead in the overall standings. The Croat has 1,075 points, followed by Switzerland's Silvan Zurbriggen on 643 and Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal on 585.
Kostelic also tops the slalom standings with 478. Grange is now second with 382, Myhrer is third with 333.
Myhrer started the final run with an 0.85 second advantage, but was already behind the Frenchman at the second intermediate time.
"I felt at the start that I had a good chance to win but I had an early mistake (in the second run)," said Myhrer.
Grange, who also took Sunday's slalom in Kitzbuehel, secured his ninth career win with an aggregate time of 1 minute, 46.54 seconds to edge Andre Myhrer by 0.04. The Swede had posted the fastest time in the opening run.
Myhrer's teammate Mattias Hargin was 0.60 back in third.
"This is one of the best wins of my career," Grange said. "I have always been impressed by the atmosphere and it was my dream to win here."
Grange injured his shoulder in a crash last month but returned to the circuit sooner than expected and wrapped up an impressive double victory.
Though winning the last two slalom races before next month's world championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen has put the Frenchman among the favorites in Germany, Grange played it down
"Garmisch is really steep, that's not going to be easy," Grange said. "It's all amazing as 10 days ago, it didn't look good with the pain in my shoulder. (Winning) two races in a row is perfect for me. I worked hard for it."
Ivica Kostelic took fifth to further extend his lead in the overall standings. The Croat has 1,075 points, followed by Switzerland's Silvan Zurbriggen on 643 and Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal on 585.
Kostelic also tops the slalom standings with 478. Grange is now second with 382, Myhrer is third with 333.
Myhrer started the final run with an 0.85 second advantage, but was already behind the Frenchman at the second intermediate time.
"I felt at the start that I had a good chance to win but I had an early mistake (in the second run)," said Myhrer.
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