ARE, Sweden (AP) — Alex Fiva of Switzerland has held off home favorite Viktor Oehling Norberg to win the first of two skicross races at the freestyle World Cup in Are this weekend.
Jean Frederic Chapuis of France, who won the world championship last weekend in Voss, Norway, was third.
Fiva extended his lead in skicross World Cup to 574 points, 140 points better than second-placed teammate Armin Niederer, with two events left.
Anna Woerner of Germany won the women’s race.
World champion Fanny Smith of Switzerland didn’t compete, but still leads the season standings by 34 points over Ophelie David of France.
