YANQING, China (Reuters) – Favorite Marco Odermatt of Switzerland held a 4 hundredths of a second lead over Austria’s Stefan Brennsteiner after the highest 30 skiers had accomplished the primary run of the lads’s large slalom in driving now on Sunday.
In powerful circumstances, general World Cup and large slalom chief Odermatt recovered from an error halfway via his run to get into pole place for the second run at 13:45 native (05:45 GMT).
France’s Mathieu Faivre was additionally inside respiration distance of Odermatt, ending simply 0.08 behind the Swiss all-rounder with Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen and one other Frenchman Thibaut Favrot additionally in shut rivalry.
Whereas visibility regarded poor, the early skiers agreed with the choice to go forward with the race within the snow.
“Positively, the sunshine is greater than skiable, it simply makes it tough. I prefer it,” stated Kristoffersen, who was first out of the beginning hut.
“The snow is a bit of uneven so it’s fairly aggressive in spots…a bit of slick…I believe it was tough for everybody,” he added.
Germany’s Alexander Schmid was one among 9 skiers within the high 30 who failed to complete their run.
(Reporting by Simon Evans, extra reporting by Simon Jennings and Shadia Nasralla; Modifying by Shri Navaratnam)
Supply: KFGO
