Timon Haugan takes Norway's first men's Alpine skiing win of the season in final slalom

Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Men's Slalom - Saalbach, Austria - March 17, 2024 Norway's Timon Haugan in action during the first run REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Men's Slalom - Saalbach, Austria - March 17, 2024 Norway's Timon Haugan celebrates on the podium after winning the slalom REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Men's Slalom - Saalbach, Austria - March 17, 2024 Switzerland's Manuel Feller celebrates on the podium with the crystal globe after winning the slalom world cup along with second placed Germany's Linus Strasser and third placed Norway's Timon Haugan REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

SAALBACH, Austria - Timon Haugan gave the Norwegian men's team a first win of the Alpine World Cup ski season in the last slalom on Sunday.

Austria's Manuel Feller, who had already clinched the title in the discipline, finished runner-up on home snow and 0.40 slower over the two legs at the World Cup finals in Saalbach-Hinterglemm.

Germany's Linus Strasser, who had been second after the first run, ended up third.

The victory was the first of Haugan's World Cup career and he finished the season third in the slalom standings. Feller finished with 715 points to Strasser's 526 and Haugan's 450.

Norway's only other winner so far this season was Ragnhild Mowinckel in a women's downhill in the Italian resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo in January. REUTERS

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