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01/11 07:54 CST Paco Rassat races to 2nd World Cup slalom win in breakout
season ahead of Olympics
Paco Rassat races to 2nd World Cup slalom win in breakout season ahead of
Olympics
ADELBODEN, Switzerland (AP) --- The big surprise of the World Cup slalom season
scored his second win Sunday adding to his fast-rising reputation before the
Winter Olympics.
Paco Rassat raced to the fastest time in the second run to rise from fourth
place, and edge United States-born Atle Lie McGrath by 0.18 seconds.
First-run leader Henrik Kristoffersen dropped to third, trailing 0.20 behind
Rassat.
The 27-year-old Frenchman had a career-best result of ninth in World Cup races
before this Olympic season started.
Rassat now has two wins, a third place and two sixth places this season and
shapes as a medal contender for the Milano Cortina Olympics. The men's slalom
is on Feb. 16 at Bormio.
Rassat also took the lead in the seasonlong World Cup slalom standings, ahead
of his France teammate Clment Nol, the defending Olympic champion. Nol tied
for eighth Sunday.
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