Feller quickest in Kitzbuehel slalom first run

Kitzbühel (AFP) – Austrian Manuel Feller was first out of the start hut and remained in pole for the men s World Cup slalom in Kitzbuehel on Sunday.

Feller timed 52.18 seconds in the first leg down a super-icy Ganslern slope in the Austrian resort.

Norway s Lucas Braathen sat second, at 0.31sec, with Germany s Linus Strasser third (+0.50).

France s Olympic champion Clement Noel was fourth, three-hundredths of a second further adrift.

A trio of Swiss racers, Loic Meillard, Ramon Zenhaeusern and 2020 winner Daniel Yule, then followed.

World champion Sebastian Foss-Solevaag of Norway was 13th, 1.32sec off Feller s pace, just ahead of teammate and two-time winner Henrik Kristoffersen, at 1.45. Defending champion Dave Ryding of Britain sat 16th (+1.56).

The second leg is scheduled for 1230 GMT, with the top 30 finishers from the first leg racing in reverse order.