Gauti Gudmundsson wins Storklinten slalom; Aronsson second, Gabriel third

Iceland’s Gauti Gudmundsson won the second FIS slalom at Storklinten, Sweden, in 1:30.70. Sweden’s Filip Aronsson took second, +0.40, and Andorra’s Bartumeu Gabriel was third in 1:31.12 (+0.42).

Gabriel had the fastest first run, leading Aronsson by 0.31, but posted only the 11th‑fastest time in the second run and lost 0.82 to Gudmundsson. His podium place earned 26.38 FIS points, close to his current 22.94.

Team‑mates Àlex Rius and Xavier Cornella finished inside the top 20, 14th (+2.03) and 16th (+2.10) respectively.

The EEBE U19 squad raced at Passo Monte Crocce, Italy. Second‑year Jan de Visa was 13th after the opening run but did not finish the second after straddling a gate at the entry to the wall. First‑year skiers Àlex Comellas and Èric Guimerà completed the race in 36th and 42nd, earning 106.14 and 122.26 FIS points. Coach Dídac González praised the debutants for managing difficult sections while starting with late bibs.

In the women’s slalom at Passo Monte Crocce, Isabella Pérez was 13th after the first run but went off course a few gates from the finish in the second and did not complete the race. The team will remain in Italy this week to continue training, focusing on giant slalom and slalom.

Íria Medina opened her European Cup campaign in Zinal, Switzerland. Racing with bib 68 in the first giant, she qualified for the second run and posted a 1:14.87 first run (45th) and a 1:18.90 second run, finishing 36th overall in 2:33.77 — 2.14 seconds short of the 30th place that awards EC points (Logan Grosdidier, 30th in 2:31.63). Coach Ibon Mintegui said the first run was “not bad,” noting time lost on the flats, and that a mistake in the second run’s flat section cost some time though Medina recovered well to the finish.

Medina completed the second scheduled giant the next day, starting with bib 66 and finishing 43rd in 2:36.47 after posting the 49th time in the first run and the 43rd in the second. Mintegui described the day as similar to the previous one: technically acceptable in the first run but lacking aggression, with a stronger start to the second run undermined by an error in the wall that cost time. With Zinal concluded, Medina will travel to Mayrhofen, Austria, where she is entered in another giant and a slalom.

At the World Cup in Copper Mountain, Carla Mijares posted competitive early sector times in the slalom but an error in the final sector nearly sent her off course and cost decisive time. She finished 47th in 59.58, 6.64 seconds behind the leader, and did not qualify for the second run. Mijares is scheduled to race the Courchevel slalom on 16 December.