Muffat-Jeandet gets first career win in World Cup combined
WENGEN, Switzerland — Showing yet again that good slalom beats good downhill in Alpine combined, Victor Muffat-Jeandet rose from 27th place to win a World Cup on Friday.
The Frenchman got his first career win using the fastest run in slalom to finish 0.96 seconds ahead of Pavel Trikhichev of Russia.
Trikhichev, who also got a career-best result, had been 29th after the morning downhill, earning use of the best snow surface in slalom when the top 30 start in reverse order.
“Combined is always a crazy day,” Muffat-Jeandet said. “You have to fight to stay in the top 30 in downhill.”