COURCHEVEL, France: Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen took gold in the final men's slalom of the Alpine skiing world championships on Sunday (Feb 19) while Alexandros 'AJ' Ginnis finished second to give Greece a first ever winter sports medal. Italian Alex Vinatzer claimed the bronze while Alpine powerhouse Au
COURCHEVEL, France: Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen took gold in the final men's slalom of the Alpine skiing world championships on Sunday while Alexandros"AJ" Ginnis finished second to give Greece a first ever winter sports medal.
"I won most things in slalom except Olympic gold and world championship gold. So I think it was about time." Nobody was feeling it more than Feller, Austria's last hope of gold, who had crashed in the warm-up and needed painkillers before his first run. "Our first world championship medal at a snow or ice event. It is a memory for me, but history for Greece."
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