Lucas Pinheiro Wins Levi Slalom for Brazil’s First Alpine World Cup Victory

Overview

• He led after a 54.13 opening run and finished 0.31 seconds ahead of Olympic champion Clément Noël and 0.57 ahead of Finland’s Eduard Hallberg.
• The result is his sixth career World Cup win and consolidates his status as a slalom contender this season.
• Born in Oslo to a Norwegian father and Brazilian mother, he switched federations after a dispute in Norway and returned last season under Brazil’s colors.
• He plans to race slalom and giant slalom at the Milan–Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics with eyes on a breakthrough medal for Brazil.
• The World Cup slalom tour continues in Gurgl, Austria, on November 22, as eight-time overall champion Marcel Hirscher remains sidelined until January with an ACL injury.