Loic Meillard has won gold in the men’s slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships. The Swiss skier beat silver medalist Atle Lie McGrath of Norway by 0.26 seconds.

Switzerland's Loic Meillard won men's slalom gold in the final race of the Alpine skiing world championships on Sunday after first-run leader Clement Noel skied out. Meillard claimed victory by 0.26 seconds to become the first Swiss man to be crowned slalom world champion for 75 years.

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — Austrian skier Raphael Haaser ended the Swiss dominance in the men’s events at the Alpine world championships by winning the giant slalom on Friday. Haaser improved from fifth place in the opening run as the leading racers faltered in the second, and he finished ahead of three Swiss rivals.

Camille Rast won slalom gold in a Swiss one-two with Wendy Holdener on Saturday as American Mikaela Shiffrin missed out on a record 16th career medal at the Alpine Skiing World Championships. Austria's Katharina Liensberger took the bronze on home snow in the last women's race of the 13-day championships in Saalbach.

Loic Meillard won his second world title and became the first Swiss skier in 75 years to take gold in the men's slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships Sunday. Meillard earned his third medal of worlds after winning the team combined with Franjo von Allmen and placing third in the giant slalom.

Swiss skier Loïc Meillard claimed his maiden individual gold medal at a world championships with a dramatic triumph in the slalom in Austria's Saalbach-Hinterglemm on Sunday. It was a first world championship gold for Switzerland in the men's slalom in 75 years.