Radamus 15th in Kranjska Gora Giant Slalom
In the first day of the two-day giant slalom series in Kranjksa Gora, Slovenia, River Radamus led the way for the Americans with a 15th place finish.
The conditions were warm with very soft snow underfoot with course workers salting the course the day prior to try and keep a strong surface for the World Cup racers.
Marco Odermatt of Switzerland won the race to clinch the overall World Cup title for the second year in a row. He also extended his lead over Kristoffersen in the giant slalom standings with 140 points to go with two more races: Sunday's giant slalom and the World Cup Finals GS. In second place was French skier Alexis Pinturault, and in third was Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen.
George Steffey (37th) and Brian McLaughlin (45th) also raced but did not qualify for a second run. Tommy Ford did not finish.
The giant slalom men will now look to Sunday for another crack at the giant slalom.
RESULTS
Men's giant slalom
HOW TO WATCH
times in ET
Sunday, March 12
3:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup, Men's Slalom, Run 1, Kranjska Gora, SLO, watch on skiandsnowboard.live
6:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup, Men's Slalom, Run 2, Kranjska Gora, SLO, watch on Peacock/NBC, skiandsnowboard.live
3:00 p.m. FIS Alpine World Cup, Women's Slalom, Giant Slalom, Are, SWE, watch on CNBC**
**Encore presentation
River Radamus
River Radamus hails from Edwards, Colorado where he learned to ski on the slopes of Vail, alongside his parents who are coaches. Radamus showed promise from an early age, named to the team in 2016. He is a three-time Youth Olympic Games gold medalist; he is the first to achieve this feat. Radamus also won two Junior World Championships gold medals, one in super-G and one in giant slalom.