{"id":244845,"date":"2026-01-18T14:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/244845\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T14:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:13:08","slug":"fis-alpine-ski-world-cup-2025-26-atle-lie-mcgrath-wins-second-straight-wengen-slalom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/244845\/","title":{"rendered":"FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2025-26: Atle Lie McGrath wins second straight Wengen slalom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Norwegian skier\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/atle-lie-mcgrath\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atle Lie McGrath<\/a>\u00a0claimed a second straight slalom victory in Wengen, Switzerland, on Sunday (18 January) to launch him into first place in the discipline standings of the\u00a0FIS\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/sports\/alpine-skiing\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alpine Ski<\/a> World Cup\u00a02025-26\u00a0season.<\/p>\n<p>McGrath held off a fierce challenge from Brazil\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/lucas-braathen\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lucas Pinheiro Braathen<\/a>\u00a0to claim the top step on the podium in style.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The world silver medallist has been a model of consistency this season, securing his fourth podium finish and his second victory in the slalom. McGrath now has five career slalom victories to his name.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old McGrath raised his prospects of a second straight victory with an impressive opening run. He came into run two with a 0.40-second advantage over world champion and compatriot\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/meillard\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lo\u00efc Meillard<\/a>\u00a0and 0.50s on Braathen.<\/p>\n<p>McGrath had his work cut out with just a second separating the first five racers, with the likes of Olympic champion\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/noel\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clement Noel<\/a>, Braathen,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/henrik-kristoffersen\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Henrik Kristoffersen<\/a>\u00a0and Meillard\u00a0breathing down his neck.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Braathen produced some skillful skiing on his second run, dancing his way across the finish line, opening a one-second advantage over Timon Haugan, who briefly held the lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But McGrath embraced the challenge and remained ahead of Braathen\u2019s section splits to tuck at the line in a winning time of 1:45.99 for a 0.47-second winning margin over his close friend. Braathen claimed his second podium of the season, beating Kristoffersen\u00a0into third place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McGrath now holds a narrow 21-point lead over Braathen in the Slalom World Cup standings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t believe it. I felt so nervous today\u2026that was one of the best second runs of my career,\u201d McGrath told FIS TV.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Norwegian skier\u00a0Atle Lie McGrath\u00a0claimed a second straight slalom victory in Wengen, Switzerland, on Sunday (18 January) to launch&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-244845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}