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Atle Lie McGrath podiums into the Christmas break
Atle Lie McGrath stays focused on success in Alta Badia. The Norwegian athlete finishes in third place in the Slalom on Monday, the last race before Christmas, securing his fourth podium of the season.
"It's really great to see Atle Lie McGrath podium on different slopes and in varying snow and weather conditions. This shows that he is in great shape and that we have made the right decisions with the equipment," says HEAD Racing Director Rainer Salzgeber. "If, before the season started, we had been offered three podiums in the Slalom up to Alta Badia, we would have taken the offer without thinking. Seven HEAD World Cup Rebels qualified for the second run in these difficult conditions. This shows that we are skiing very well."
Albert Popov clocks third-fastest second run
This was Atle Lie McGrath's fourth podium of the season, his third in the Slalom following third place in Gurgl and second place in Val d'Isere. Two more HEAD World Cup Rebels finished in the top ten with Dave Ryding from Britain in eighth place and Albert Popov from Bulgaria clocking the third-fastest time on run two in tenth place. Paco Rassat from France finished 14th with bib number 42, Johannes Strolz from Austria was 19th, and Tobias Kastlunger from Italy finished 24th.
Best World Cup result for Anton Grammel
In the Giant Slalom in Alta Badia on Sunday, Atle Lie McGrath was also the best HEAD World Cup Rebel in sixth place. Anton Grammel finished eleventh with the seventh-fastest time on the second run. It was the 26-year-old German athlete's best World Cup result to date. Alexis Pinturault from France and Mattias Rönngren from Sweden also bagged points by finishing in 23rd and 29th place. Andorran Joan Verdu dropped out on the first run, having clocked a very good split time.
On Sunday, the women's second Super-G in St. Moritz had to be cancelled due to poor weather conditions.
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