Alpine skiing: Svindal wins on home slopes

alt Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal finally won a race in his homeland with victory in a super-G event at Kvitfjell, Lillehammer on Sunday. Austria's Georg Streitberger was second, ahead of Italian Werner Heel.

The victory was Svindal's fifth win of the Alpine season, and it also gave Svindal the World Cup title in the discipline Super-G.

Svindal is also second in the World Cup ranking overall, only 29 points behind Marcel Hirscher of Austria.

(NRK/Aftenposten)

Monday, 04 March 2013 07:25

Posted in Section: Sport - Category: Athletics & Winter

Written by Rolleiv Solholm

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