KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) – Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway locked up the World Cup slalom title with a race to spare after finishing runner-up to Marcel Hirscher in the next-to-last event on Sunday.
Having won six of nine slaloms this season, Kristoffersen holds an insurmountable 111-point lead over the Austrian going into the final race of the season at St. Moritz, Switzerland, in two weeks.
It’s Kristoffersen’s first crystal globe, and the second slalom title for a Norwegian skier after Kjetil Andre Aamodt won it 16 years ago.
Hirscher, who won the slalom title the past three seasons, held on to his first-run lead to beat Kristoffersen by 0.81. Stefano Gross of Italy came 1.11 back in third.