Alpine skiing - Alexis Pinturault wins gold at World Championship

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Updated 11/02/2019 at 19:39 GMT

Olympic silver medallist Alexis Pinturault secured his maiden men's alpine combined World Championship title in Are.

Alexis Pinturault of France wins the gold medal, Stefan Hadalin of Slovenia wins the silver medal, Marco Schwarz of Austria wins the bronze medal during the FIS World Ski Championships Men's Alpine Combined.

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The Frenchman produced a masterful run of 38.92 seconds in the slalom, as he set a total time of 1:47.71 to top the podium in Sweden.

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He was only 24th after the downhill but his run in the second discipline, the second fastest of all skiers, was enough for victory.

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Slovenia's Stefan Hadalin had to settle for the silver medal as he finished 0.24 seconds short of the winner despite producing the fastest time on the second run.

Austria's Marco Schwarz was a further 0.22 seconds behind as he completed the top three.

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Dominik Paris, from Italy, was fastest in the downhill as he crossed the line in 1:07.27, but he could not hold onto the lead and finished in ninth place overall.