AJ Ginnis admits straddle during men’s slalom at Palisades Tahoe - ‘it doesn’t look good for me!’

For a short period of time it looked as if AJ Ginnis was about to complete the most sensational month in Alpine Skiing history. For those who had forgotten, Ginnis was one of the stories of the recent Alpine World Ski Championships as he stormed to a shock silver medal in the slalom, his country’s first medal at the championships.

Ad That result came after he had already taken the silver medal in the final slalom before the championships at Chamonix. Palisades Tahoe, CA'It's so unbelievable' — Steen Olsen overjoyed after maiden slalom winYESTERDAY AT 22:55 Then in the first slalom after the championships at Palisades Tahoe, he looked on course for a historic victory after a blistering second run.

However, unfortunately for Ginnis he had straddled a gate and following a very lengthy review by the race judges he was disqualified, handing a debut win to Norway’s 21-year-old Alexander Steen Olsen. Speaking with Austrian TV station ORF Ginnis was in good spirits, laughing at the reporter’s quip that he had been a race-winner for 15 minutes.

He admitted: «I felt the pole on the outside ski.» He added that he «thought it was over and made a short swing. When will Shiffrin break Stenmark’s alpine skiing World Cup record? Ginnis loses victory after disqualification, Steen Olsen wins dramatic slalom Goggia wins Crans-Montana downhill in tricky conditions to close in on crystal globe »I wasn't 100% sure.

Then I thought I'd continue," continued the Greek, adding, «it doesn't look good for me on the videos!» Ginnis will have just one more opportunity to become the first Greek to win a slalom race, and that will be in the final race of the season, the slalom at Soldeu. — - Stream the 2022-23 Alpine Skiing season live on Eurosport and