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| - France's Alexis Pinturault won the giant slalom in Alta Badia on Sunday to reclaim the overall lead in the men's World Cup alpine skiing. Pinturault, who won Olympic bronze in the event at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games, was 0.07sec faster than Norway's Atle Lie McGrath with Swiss Justin Murisier third at 0.24sec. Pinturault leads Aleksander Aamodt Kilde in the overall World Cup standings after the Norwegian finished sixth on Sunday, 0.76sec off the pace. The French skier was fastest in the first run in the Italian Dolomites and held off 20-year-old US-born skier McGrath, who took a first podium place, as did 28-year-old Murisier. "It was very tight but winning here is always special," said the 29-year-old Frenchman, who claimed his 31st World Cup success. Pinturault, with 376 points, reclaims the overall World Cup lead with a one-point advantage over Kilde, who had won the Super-G and downhill at Val Gardena the previous two days. Swiss Marco Odermatt, third overall on 340 points, finished fourth, having finished on the podium in the first three giant slaloms of the season. ea/pb
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