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Grange golden in Garmisch slalom, Cousineau a tantalizing 5th 2/20/2011 Jean-Baptiste Grange of France won the men's slalom to claim the final gold medal of the alpine skiing World Championships Sunday. Canadian Julien Cousineau was oh-so-close to the podium, placing fifth.
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Grange golden in Garmisch slalom, Cousineau a tantalizing 5th

Feb. 20, 2011

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany — JJean-Baptiste Grange of France capped a long comeback and clinched the final gold medal of the Alpine skiing World Championships Sunday by winning the men's slalom. Canadian Julien Cousineau was oh-so-close to the podium, placing fifth.

Grange, long one of the top slalom racers, led after the first run and hung on to beat Jens Byggmark of Sweden, another skier trying to return, by .43 seconds. Manfred Moelgg of Italy took bronze, .61 seconds behind.

Canada’s Trevor White was 20th and Brad Spence was 38th.

"I didn't have a good feeling in the second run at all," Grange said. "I had to fight all the way, I gave it all I had but when I crossed the line I wasn't sure it would be enough."

The Frenchman already had a bronze medal from the 2007 worlds but his career had been slowed by injuries. He was forced to miss last year's Olympics with a right-knee injury at a time when he was the reigning World Cup slalom champion.

"The year 2009 was so hard for me. I was the favorite for the gold (at the worlds) and at the end I had nothing. Then I had the knee injury and the way back was so long."

Grange did not finish the second run at his home worlds in Val d'Isere in 2009.

"There was a lot of pressure on me today because of my failure in France. It's tough to come back after a number of setbacks," said Grange, the first Frenchman to win slalom gold since 1970.

Byggmark jumped from sixth to second to claim the silver. The Swede won two World Cup races — two consecutive slaloms in Kitzbühel — and posted four runner-up finishes in 2007 and '08 but hadn't been on the podium since then, a stretch of more than three years.

"I am still not sure how I did it," Byggmark said. "I only knew I had to ski fast. It's incredible. ... I wasn't concerned with finding a line, I just focused on skiing. It was very tough on the steep sections, but I did well there. Getting a medal is great after so many problems I've had in the past years."

"I had a lot of confidence today, nothing could stop me. I never raced with so much intensity before," Byggmark said, adding that he probably benefited from the second run being set by a Swedish coach.

"But I think I would have had a fast run on every course today. I've learned a lot in the past three years.

"It was a long struggle to come back but now I am here to stay," Byggmark said.

Moelgg, who fell one place to third with a cautious second run, was the 2007 worlds silver medalist.

"It's not easy to stand up there as the second of the first heat and then have a good run," Moelgg said. "I was very tense."

Grange has won three World Cup slalom races this season and is sitting second in the discipline, behind overall leader Ivica Kostelic of Croatia.

Kostelic had two poor runs and finished a distant eighth. The 2003 world slalom champion has collected more points in slalom than in any other discipline this season. Kostelic won seven World Cup races in January.

But the Croatian is aiming for his first overall title and treated the World Championships as somewhat of a break from the World Cup season. He won bronze in the opening super-G, then returned home for a brief vacation.

Austrian veteran Mario Matt, who won the slalom world titles in 2001 and '07, had the fastest second run to jump from 16th to fourth. He was .82 seconds behind the winner and missed the bronze by .21 seconds.

Naoki Yuasa of Japan was sixth. Andre Myhrer of Sweden, who was third after the first run, dropped to 10th.

The Gudiberg course had been softened by days of mild weather and workers had to frequently put down salt to firm up the snow between the runners.

— The Canadian Press contributed to this report

2011 Alpine World Championships men's slalom results

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Run 1 Run 2 Total Time FIS Points
 1  2  192665 GRANGE Jean-Baptiste  1984  FRA   51.30  50.42  1:41.72  0.00
 2  18  501101 BYGGMARK Jens  1985  SWE   52.39  49.76  1:42.15  2.58
 3  1  292491 MOELGG Manfred  1982  ITA   51.52  50.81  1:42.33  3.66
 4  14  50707 MATT Mario  1979  AUT   53.11  49.43  1:42.54  4.92
 5  8  102239 COUSINEAU Julien  1981  CAN   52.95  49.64  1:42.59  5.22
 6  25  301709 YUASA Naoki  1983  JPN   52.60  50.08  1:42.68  5.76
 7  16  291145 DEVILLE Cristian  1981  ITA   53.11  49.67  1:42.78  6.36
 8  6  380260 KOSTELIC Ivica  1979  CRO   52.32  50.56  1:42.88  6.96
 9  11  50624 PRANGER Manfred  1978  AUT   52.41  50.62  1:43.03  7.86
 10  5  501017 MYHRER Andre  1983  SWE   51.87  51.35  1:43.22  9.00
 11  10  501223 BAECK Axel  1987  SWE   52.59  50.90  1:43.49  10.61
 12  3  501111 HARGIN Mattias  1985  SWE   52.27  51.32  1:43.59  11.21
 13  20  560355 VALENCIC Mitja  1978  SLO   53.03  50.60  1:43.63  11.45
 14  22  910000 IMBODEN Urs  1975  MDA   53.75  50.03  1:43.78  12.35
 15  29  532138 KASPER Nolan  1989  USA   53.16  50.67  1:43.83  12.65
 16  28  150594 TREJBAL Filip  1985  CZE   54.04  49.80  1:43.84  12.71
 17  39  194364 PINTURAULT Alexis  1991  FRA   54.13  49.78  1:43.91  13.13
 18  33  50824 DREIER Christoph  1981  AUT   53.95  50.07  1:44.02  13.79
 19  17  534562 LIGETY Ted  1984  USA   52.78  51.39  1:44.17  14.69
 20  26  102922 WHITE Trevor  1984  CAN   53.84  50.58  1:44.42  16.19
 21  43  202462 DOPFER Fritz  1987  GER   53.63  50.88  1:44.51  16.73
 22  37  293797 GROSS Stefano  1986  ITA   54.33  50.60  1:44.93  19.25
 23  23  421400 MYHRE Lars Elton  1984  NOR   53.55  52.02  1:45.57  23.09
 24  51  700830 ZAMPA Adam  1990  SVK   54.08  51.56  1:45.64  23.51
 25  30  511896 MURISIER Justin  1992  SUI   55.49  51.79  1:47.28  33.34
 26  34  92591 ALBRECHT Kilian  1973  BUL   55.12  52.52  1:47.64  35.50
 27  41  511174 VOGEL Markus  1984  SUI   54.15  53.60  1:47.75  36.16
 28  53  302982 OHKOSHI Ryunosuke  1988  JPN   55.50  53.13  1:48.63  41.44
 29  56  30149 SIMARI BIRKNER Cristian Javier  1980  ARG   55.53  53.85  1:49.38  45.94
 30  75  380335 ZUBCIC Filip  1993  CRO   57.22  53.26  1:50.48  52.53
 31  59  92534 CHONGAROV Nikola  1989  BUL   57.39  53.61  1:51.00  55.65
 32  72  20174 VIDOSA Roger  1984  AND   57.10  54.03  1:51.13  56.43
 33  62  60088 VAN DEN BOGAERT Jeroen  1979  BEL   57.04  54.97  1:52.01  61.71
 34  70  370022 JENOT Olivier  1988  MON   58.53  54.58  1:53.11  68.30
 35  63  40349 RISHWORTH Mike  1987  AUS   58.62  55.13  1:53.75  72.14
 36  79  550054 ZVEJNIEKS Kristaps  1992  LAT   59.31  56.81  1:56.12  86.35
 37  19  511127 GINI Marc  1984  SUI   55.50  1:01.24  1:56.74  90.07
 38  21  102912 SPENCE Brad  1984  CAN   53.27  1:03.48  1:56.75  90.13
 39  44  150644 KRYZL Krystof  1986  CZE   54.36  1:03.07  1:57.43  94.21
 40  81  230189 BONOU Nikos  1986  GRE   1:00.35  58.62  1:58.97  103.45
 41  92  170136 VIAL Christian  1984  DAN   1:01.65  58.41  2:00.06  109.98
 42  89  80063 LONGHI Jhonatan  1988  BRA   1:01.11  59.13  2:00.24  111.06
 43  87  310388 KOSIC Bojan  1990  MNE   1:01.83  1:00.99  2:02.82  126.53
 44  91  240122 SZEPESI Bertold  1990  HUN   1:03.11  59.92  2:03.03  127.79
 45  94  780002 RUMIANCEV Vitalij  1985  LTU   1:03.93  59.13  2:03.06  127.97
 46  90  690036 VAKHNENKO Igor  1981  UKR   1:04.04  1:00.16  2:04.20  134.81
 47  83  710311 RUDIC Marko  1990  BIH   1:01.35  1:13.70  2:15.05  199.88
 48  93  520082 TURKSEVER Erdinc  1985  TUR   1:05.42  1:10.14  2:15.56  202.93
Did not qualify for final race
 49  22  40332 STEVENS Hugh  1986  AUS   52.86  52.89  1:45.75  
 50  12  60015 MOLLIN Bart  1981  BEL   53.31  52.49  1:45.80  
 51  43  380334 VIDOVIC Matej  1993  CRO   53.42  53.38  1:46.80  
 52  46  400237 MEINERS Maarten  1992  NED   52.86  54.45  1:47.31  
 53  55  350095 PFIFFNER Marco  1994  LIE   53.35  54.16  1:47.51  
 54  63  350088 OEHRI Josef  1991  LIE   54.45  53.96  1:48.41  
 55  62  430472 KLUSAK Michal  1990  POL   54.32  54.27  1:48.59  
 56  60  750089 DEHARI Dardan  1990  MKD   53.94  55.39  1:49.33  
 57  125  910003 LINDNER Georg  1983  MDA   56.46  55.56  1:52.02  
 58  73  680054 GEDEVANISHVILI Dimitri  1993  GEO   56.62  56.89  1:53.51  
 59  88  520100 SIMSEK Emre  1987  TUR   57.73  57.68  1:55.41  
 60  95  240139 KEKESI Marton  1995  HUN   58.85  1:00.19  1:59.04  
 61  75  230353 KARAMANIDIS Chrysostomos  1990  GRE   58.52  1:00.76  1:59.28  
 62  92  660015 MAZALEUSKI Siarhei  1992  BLR   58.84  1:00.46  1:59.30  
 63  89  950000 OETTL REYES Manfred  1993  PER   59.30  1:00.37  1:59.67  
 64  97  660019 DUS Evgeny  1992  BLR   1:00.13  1:01.51  2:01.64  
 65  113  170106 DAMGAARD Kristian-Lyhne  1987  DAN   1:00.36  1:01.41  2:01.77  
 66  105  240084 VINCZE Akos  1978  HUN   1:00.77  1:01.85  2:02.62  
 67  98  210024 BABIKOV Dmitriy  1990  UZB   1:02.35  1:03.29  2:05.64  
 68  109  170114 STENE Nils-Henrik  1988  DAN   1:03.11  1:04.64  2:07.75  
 69  104  540001 VON HOHENLOHE Hubertus  1959  MEX   1:05.53  1:06.59  2:12.12  
 70  112  740028 MANUKYAN Yura  1991  ARM   1:05.88  1:07.53  2:13.41  
 71  116  360034 GIRST Patrick  1989  LUX   1:06.96  1:06.87  2:13.83  
 72  114  740030 GHAZARYAN Arsen  1992  ARM   1:10.24  1:04.05  2:14.29  
 73  127  770004 TRELEVSKI Andrey  1979  KGZ   1:07.38  1:09.74  2:17.12  
 74  108  340154 FENIANOS Tarek  1990  LIB   1:09.31  1:12.32  2:21.63  
 75  121  740029 KHACHATRYAN Davit  1992  ARM   1:12.63  1:13.10  2:25.73  
 76  122  941000 NKRUMAH-ACHEAMPONG Kwame  1974  GHA   1:13.40  1:13.70  2:27.10  
 77  126  570017 DYWILI Tsotane  1992  RSA   1:13.70  1:15.71  2:29.41  
 78  124  921000 ROY Jean-Pierre  1963  HAI   1:24.14  1:31.03  2:55.17  
Disqualified 1st run
   98  280030 VANDEPUT Virgile  1994  ISR         
Did not finish 2nd run
   99  210032 VORONOV Artem  1993  UZB         
   49  180627 MALMSTROM Victor  1991  FIN         
   46  421669 HAUGEN Leif Kristian  1987  NOR         
   40  50981 HOERL Wolfgang  1983  AUT         
   36  561148 SKUBE Matic  1988  SLO         
   32  534508 CHODOUNSKY David  1984  USA         
   27  301312 SASAKI Akira  1981  JPN         
   13  201702 NEUREUTHER Felix  1984  GER         
   12  293098 RAZZOLI Giuliano  1984  ITA         
   4  50605 HERBST Reinfried  1978  AUT         
Did not finish 1st run
   100  740022 NERSISYAN Arsen  1987  ARM         
   97  570012 HEATH Alexander  1978  RSA         
   96  160091 PAPAMICHAEL Constantinos  1993  CYP         
   95  120047 ZHANG Yuxin  1989  CHN         
   88  110266 ANGUITA Martin  1991  CHI         
   86  660021 DANILOCHKIN Yuri  1991  BLR         
   85  860005 BRACHNER Patrick  1992  AZE         
   84  670052 KHUBER Martin  1992  KAZ         
   82  680047 BENIAIDZE Alex  1991  GEO         
   80  460040 NAN Ioan-Gabriel  1980  ROU         
   78  750088 RISTEVSKI Antonio  1989  MKD         
   77  350086 HEEB Simon  1991  LIE         
   76  410266 GRIFFIN Benjamin  1986  NZE         
   74  491356 CARRERAS Pol  1990  SPA         
   73  430429 BYDLINSKI Maciej  1988  POL         
   71  30266 GASTALDI Sebastiano  1991  ARG         
   69  700724 BABUSIAK Jaroslav  1984  SVK         
   68  260097 SAVEH SHEMSHAKI Porya  1987  IRA         
   67  180703 PALONIEMI Santeri  1993  FIN         
   66  202437 LUITZ Stefan  1992  GER         
   65  400163 ROOIJ VAN Joery  1986  NED         
   64  320244 KIM Woo-Sung  1986  KOR         
   61  60160 ALAERTS Kai  1989  BEL         
   60  90131 GEORGIEV Georgi  1987  BUL         
   58  481006 ZUEV Stepan  1988  RUS         
   57  180534 SANDELL Marcus  1987  FIN         
   55  220689 RYDING David  1986  GBR         
   54  320293 KYUNG Sung-Hyun  1990  KOR         
   52  480736 KHOROSHILOV Alexander  1984  RUS         
   50  380292 ZRNCIC-DIM Natko  1986  CRO         
   48  150495 VRABLIK Martin  1982  CZE         
   47  220083 BAXTER Noel  1981  GBR         
   45  250127 BJORGVINSSON Bjorgvin  1980  ISL         
   42  193347 TISSOT Maxime  1986  FRA         
   38  180251 PALANDER Kalle  1977  FIN         
   35  530165 BRANDENBURG Will  1987  USA         
   31  421483 JANSRUD Kjetil  1985  NOR         
   24  150398 BANK Ondrej  1980  CZE         
   15  102435 JANYK Michael  1982  CAN         
   9  192506 MISSILLIER Steve  1984  FRA         
   7  510890 ZURBRIGGEN Silvan  1981  SUI         
Disqualified 2nd run in qualification race
   83  550058 BRISHKA Roberts  1993  LAT         
   78  690067 DOLGYY Sergiy  1984  UKR         
Disqualified 1st run in qualification race
   48  230192 TSAKNAKIS Alexandros  1986  GRE         
   17  700851 SIRAN Vladimir  1991  SVK         
Did not start 2nd run in qualification race
   41  40474 POCCARD Marc  1989  AUS         
Did not start 1st run in qualification race
   118  770011 TRELEVSKI Dmitry  1983  KGZ         
Did not finish 2nd run in qualification race
   128  590035 GONCALVES Jorge  1968  POR         
   120  590033 MARQUES Joao-Miguel  1992  POR         
   117  360035 TRIERWEILER Ben  1988  LUX         
   115  240140 HALMAGYI Zoltan  1995  HUN         
   111  570015 SCOTT Peter  1990  RSA         
   110  170126 MADSEN Nicolai  1991  DAN         
   107  270053 LYONS Simon  1993  IRE         
   106  280027 BARNETZ Niv  1994  ISR         
   103  80062 SETUBAL Paulo E.  1988  BRA         
   102  270045 MCKELVEY Nicholas  1991  IRE         
   101  210020 EGEMBERDIEV Safar  1986  UZB         
   99  270040 MC SHERA Shane  1990  IRE         
   96  270055 LYNE Conor  1993  IRE         
   94  120048 HUANG Haibin  1990  CHN         
   93  80068 GUGLIELMINI Fabio  1994  BRA         
   91  550049 BLUMS Kristaps  1992  LAT         
   85  310403 MINIC Mladen  1993  MNE         
   82  110320 CLARO Eugenio  1993  CHI         
   64  40543 BROWN Callum  1994  AUS         
   53  680045 VAKHTANGISHVILI Kote  1991  GEO         
   50  700843 KUTLIK Matej  1991  SVK         
   44  260110 KIYA DARBANDSARI Mohammad  1989  IRA         
   39  460060 BARBU Alexandru  1987  ROU         
   38  260084 TIR Omid  1984  IRA         
   36  410270 CAFE Tim  1987  NZE         
   30  250272 HALLDORSSON Gunnar-Thor  1990  ISL         
   29  260079 SAVEH SHEMSHAKI Hossein  1985  IRA         
   21  680041 ABRAMASHVILI Iason  1988  GEO         
   19  250259 GUDMUNDSSON Brynjar-Jokull  1989  ISL         
Did not finish 1st run in qualification race
   130  770015 TIMOFEEV Evgeniy  1994  KGZ         
   129  570018 SPEELMAN Sive  1995  RSA         
   123  620058 THAKUR Rajat  1994  IND         
   119  770012 BORISOV Ivan  1979  KGZ         
   100  110269 CARVALLO Nicolas  1991  CHI         
   90  120035 LI Lei  1987  CHN         
   87  110294 ECHEVERRIA Jose Tomas  1992  CHI         
   80  120037 TIAN Yuheng  1985  CHN         
   74  30283 FREEMAN CRESPO Ignacio  1992  ARG         
   70  690672 TELYCHUK Vasyl  1992  UKR         
   69  550038 DAUGULIS Kaspars  1989  LAT         
   68  690086 FESHCHUK Rostyslav  1990  UKR         
   56  350087 KINDLE Nicola  1991  LIE         
   52  250292 HALLDORSSON Sigurgeir  1991  ISL         
   42  60198 VAN DEN BROECKE Robin  1992  BEL         

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