Mueli Wins Parallel Snowboarding Slalom

Mueli Wins Parallel Snowboarding Slalom{mosimage}SAPPORO, Japan – Switzerland’s Daniela Mueli edged Austria’s Doris Guenther on Saturday in a parallel slalom race to win her third straight snowboarding World Cup event.

Mueli, who won the giant slalom title on Friday, captured her sixth parallel title of the season. Italy’s Marion Posch finished third.

Mueli leads the overall World Cup standings with 8,050 points.

In the men’s event, Switzerland’s Philipp Schoch defeated Austrian Siegfried Grabner for his sixth title. Schoch is first in the World Cup standings with 8,000 points.

Switzerland’s Urs Eiselin beat Dejan Kosir of Slovenia to finish third.

-The Associated Press

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