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Austrian Marco Schwarz wins tight World Cup giant slalom in California

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Marco Schwarz of Austria won a tight giant slalom race Saturday as the men's World Cup circuit made a stop at the Palisades Tahoe resort for the first time since 1969.

In fifth place after the opening run in Olympic Valley, Calif., Schwarz powered through the course in a combined time of two minutes, 23.63 seconds to hold off Swiss standout Marco Odermatt by 0.03 seconds.

Rasmus Windingstad of Norway wound up third to earn his first World Cup podium finish since 2019. WATCH | Odermatt leads giant slalom after opening run: Calgary's Erik Read finished 15th as the top Canadian with a time of 2:26.16.

Vancouver's Riley Seger did not qualify. It was Schwarz's first World Cup win since a slalom race on Jan. 26, 2021, at Schladming, Austria.

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