World Sport News

Marcel Hirscher leads after the first run at the night slalom in Schladming. The man from Salzburg runs almost perfectly and lies 20 hundredths of a second ahead of his fiercest competitor, the Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen.

The two permanent rivals are virtually in a league of their own, Stefano Gross is already 76 hundredths of a second behind in third place, Manfred Mölgg (+0.86 seconds) is fourth.

Michael Matt is in fifth place after a slight defeat in the upper part with a gap of 1.09 seconds, Manuel Feller (+1.45 seconds) is seventh. Christian Hirschbühel (+1.74) takes ninth place with starting number 23, Marco Schwarz (+2.74) is 20th.