Skiing: Austria's Pranger wins men's slalom at worlds
Associated Press
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VAL D'ISERE, France — Manfred Pranger of Austria has won the men's slalom at the world championships.
A succession of challengers failed to finish the second leg on the icy Face de Bellevarde course on Sunday after six of the top 15 racers, including defending overall World Cup champion Bode Miller, failed to finish the first.
Pranger timed 1 minute, 44.17 seconds for the two runs. Julien Lizeroux of France was second, 0.18 seconds behind, and Michael Janyk of Canada was third, 0.35 back. Only two of the top eight skiers from the first run completed the second leg.
Pranger secured Austria's first men's gold medal at the championships and denied host nation France the gold it desperately wanted.
Results were not yet officially confirmed by race organizers.
