French celebration on the last day!

Jean-Baptiste Grange is the new Slalom World Champion. He defended his first run lead and won in a superior way. Silver went surprisingly to Sweden's Jens Byggmark. Italian Manfred Mölgg won the Bronze medal.

Jean-Noel Augert (FRA) was the last Slalom World Champion of France. He won the Slalom 1970 in Val Gardena/Gröden. 41 years after his win Jean-Baptiste Grange went into the footsteps of Augert. Grange ist 26 years old and is from the Savoie. He defended his lead of the first run in a superior way. The Silver medal went to Sweden's Jens Byggmark, the Bronze medal to Italy's Manfred Mölgg.

France first men's Gold medal after 29 years

Jean-Baptiste Grange won eight Slalom World Cup races and he was Bronze medalist at the World Championships in 2007. He won the overall ranking of the Slalom in the season 2008/09. Now he is the World Champion. The Gold medal is very important for the French Men's team. In 1982 Michel Vion was the last World Champion in Schladming. The Gold medal is the second for France after the Nations Team Event.

Silver Swede

Sweden's team showed their strengh at the first run. Jens Byggmark won in 2007 both World Cup Slaloms in Kitzbühel. He was the uprising star in Slalom, but it was hard for him to confirm his wins. He nearly dissapeared at the World Cup circus. In 2011 he showed constant results and is on his way back with the Silver medal.

Again a medal for Italy

The Bronze medal went to Manfred Mölgg, a very sympathic Italian skier. He was on second place after the first run but he made some mistakes at his second run. He finished on third postion. 2007 he won the Silver medal in Aare, ahead of Jean-Baptiste Grange but close behind the Austrian Mario Matt. Matt finished after a sensational second run unfortunately on fourth place with the best run time. German Felix Neureuther failed to finish at the Gudiberg, so Germany as the host nation has still two Bronze medals in general.

Results Men's Slalom:

1. Jean-Baptiste GRANGE (FRA)
2. Jens BYGGMARK (SWE)
3. Manfred MÖLGG (ITA)

4. Mario MATT (AUT)
5. Julien COUSINEAU (CAN)
6. Naoki YUASA (JPN)

RESULTS AND ANALYSIS

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