SOLDEU, Andorra — Norwegian skier Lucas Braathen fought back tears after wrapping up the men’s slalom season title Sunday, finishing runner-up in the last race at the World Cup Finals. It’s not this year, it’s every single hour I put in since I was nine years old and started skiing.” Ramon Zenhaeusern held on to his first-run lead to beat …
WENGEN, Switzerland — Soaring from 29th place after the first run, Lucas Braathen scored a stunning win in a World Cup slalom on Sunday. “Words cannot describe how grateful I am,” said the 21-year-old Braathen, whose ranking dipped after a season-ending knee injury one year ago crashing over the finish line in the Adelboden giant slalom. Braathen had also been …
LA VILLA, Italy — A slightly different wax job or a bit sharper ski edges can mean all the difference in a sport decided by hundredths of a second. Just ask Henrik Kristoffersen, the Norwegian who won his first World Cup giant slalom race in two years on Sunday with a new setup. “So this is the first real win …
