Swiss veteran Thomas Tamler won the giant slalom at Beaver Creek on Sunday, beating Brazil’s Lucas Pinheiro Braaten by 0.12 seconds in two races, earning his first World Cup victory.
The 35-year-old, who made his World Cup debut in 2012, jumped down the Birds of Prey course in a combined time of 2 minutes 27.60 seconds, beating the Norwegian-born Brazilian, partnered with Slovenian Zan Kraniec, in a total of 2 minutes. He broke the time of minute 27.72 seconds. He took 3rd place with a total time of 2:28.18.
In his 124th World Cup appearance, Tumler took a coveted step towards the top of the podium.
“I have no words,” Tumler said. “I was so happy when I saw Beavercreek featured so prominently on the calendar.
“It’s going to take some time to realize it,” he said of the accomplishment.
Tumler had the fastest time in his first run with a time of 1:16.24, but in his second run he had the seventh best time with a time of 1:11.36 and Braaten had the fastest time in his second run with a time of 0.95 seconds. exceeded.
The 35-year-old Switzer earned his first World Cup podium at Beaver Creek in 2018 when he placed third in the giant slalom on the Colorado course.
His other World Cup podium finishes were a runner-up in parallel G in Chamonix, France, in 2020, and a third place in giant slalom in Saalbach, Austria, last March.
Braaten, the 24-year-old son of a Norwegian father and Brazilian mother, won five World Cups in five seasons before retiring in October 2023.
Although he announced his return last March, he competed with Brazil instead of Norway, making him the first Brazilian to reach the podium in Alpine Ski World Cup history.
Braaten settled for second place, but with 80 World Cup points he moved into the lead in the giant slalom season title race, ahead of Norway’s Alexander Steen Olsen, 130-129, and Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen finished fifth. exceeded by a difference of 5.
Tumler moved into fourth place with a score of 118.
Kranjek, 32, won silver in the giant slalom at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Swiss star Marco Odermatt, the reigning World Cup champion, won the overall World Cup title last season as well as the downhill, super-G and giant slalom titles, finishing eighth in the first run by 1.26 seconds. I fell on the second run.
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