The Italian Kristijan Devile and the Croatian Ivica Kostelić have reason to be happy after the slalom race in Kicbil, while the tragedy of the day is the local skier Marcel Hiršer.
He was disqualified in the second race after missing the gate.
The judges disqualified him for the same mistake after the first race, but after the host's appeal, they decided to return him to the race.
Devile reached his first victory in the World Cup, and Kostelić won 160 points, because he was the best in the combination.
At the halfway point in the second race, Hiršer was 17 hundredths of a second behind the leader Devile, he managed to reach the second position in the end, and Kostelić was then fourth.
However, after reviewing the footage, it was determined that the Austrian did not pass one of the gates in the permitted manner, so he was disqualified.
Hiršer celebrated in illegal ways (missing the gate), as they say from the Croatian selection camp, in Sljemen and Adelboden, where Kostelić was second.
Thus, Mariju Mata got the second place, and Kostelić the third place.
Behind them came Steve Misilije, Jens Bigmark, Andre Mirer, Giuliano Racoli...
With new points, the Croatian skier is close to defending his title in the final standings of the World Cup, as he now has 50 points more than Hiršer.
Slalom results: Kristijan Devile (Italy) 1:39,19, Mario Matt (Austria) +0,72, Ivica Kostelić (Croatia) +0,78, Steve Missilije (France) +0,95, Jens Bigmark (Sweden) +1,44, Andre Mirer (Sweden) 1,91+..
Overall order of slalom: Ivica Kostelić (Croatia) 545, Christian Devile (Italy) 370, Marcel Hirscher (Austria) 360, Andre Mirer (Sweden) 335, Felix Neureuter (Germany) 261, Mario Mat (Austria) 222...
Overall World Cup standings: Ivica Kostelić (Croatia) 755, Marcel Hirscher (Austria) 725, Beth Feutz (Switzerland) 585, Axel Lund Svindal (Norway) 508, Ted Ligety (USA) 493, Bode Miller (USA) 460...
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