Norwegian ski racer Alexander Steen Olsen earned his first World Cup win after AJ Ginnis of Greece was disqualified for missing a gate in a slalom event held on a snowy Sunday at the Palisades Tahoe resort in Olympic Valley, Calif.
With the visibility deteriorating as the snow picked up intensity, Olsen turned in a clean pass through the tricky course set to finish in a two-run combined time of 1 minute, 47.47 seconds.
Fellow Norwegian racer Timon Haugan was 0.05 seconds behind in second. There was a tie for third between Bulgaria's Albert Popov, who made a charge from well back in the pack, and first-run leader Clement Noel of France. WATCH | 2nd run of men's slalom at Palisades Tahoe: The podium took several minutes to sort out as officials reviewed the run of Ginnis, who came down in first place but appeared to straddle a gate.
In one video angle, it was tough to tell due to a cloud of snow near his carving ski. The missed gate was eventually confirmed.