Overview
- World championship silver medalist Atle Lie McGrath rebounded from early struggles to post a clean finish and lead after the opening run.
- Finland’s Eduard Hallberg and Switzerland’s Tanguy Nef share second place at 0.17 seconds back, with Hallberg clocking the fastest final section from start number 24.
- Norway’s Timon Haugan sits fourth, 0.39 seconds off the lead ahead of the deciding second run.
- Olympic champion Clément Noël is seventh at 0.48 seconds, while Lucas Pinheiro Braathen is 11th at 0.73 after gaining in the steep middle but losing time early and late.
- McGrath is chasing a fourth career win after a DNF last week, and Hallberg arrives following Finland’s first World Cup podium in nearly 18 years.