The first slalom of the new season, held in Levi, Finland, brought a spectacle.
The victory in Levi went to Lucas Piñeiro Braten. He won with a total time of 1:50,72, giving Brazil its first skiing triumph in history.
One of the best slalom skiers today, Clement Noel, came in second place with a time of 1,51:03.
However, the real sensation was caused by the home team's driver, Eduard Hallberg. He was 29th at the start, but eventually finished the race in third place and reached the first podium of his career.
For the Finns, this is the first podium in a slalom race in more than a decade and the legendary Kalle Palander.
Hallberg finished 57 hundredths of a second behind the winner after two runs.
Briton Laurie Taylor also had his own story, with starting number 32, he reached fourth place today and thus completed the crazy performance in Levi.





