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Kristoffersen beats Noel for 1st slalom win in 22 months

Associated Press tired, the competition for
LEVI, Finland (AP) — Henrik a new slalom champion is
Kristoffersen has finally tri- wide open.
umphed again in a men's Noel confirmed his status as
World Cup slalom after 22 one the leading racers in
months, winning the first the discipline by posting the
race since the retirement of fastest time in the opening
his longtime nemesis Mar- run, building a lead of 0.39
cel Hirscher. seconds over Britain's Dave
Competing in foggy condi- Ryding.
tions and snowfall, Kristof- In the second run, however,
fersen edged first-run lead- Noel had a costly mistake
er Clement Noel on Sunday going into the steep part of
to win the first slalom of the the Levi Black course while
season. Ryding, chasing his first win,
It was the Norwegian's 16th slid off the course midway
career victory in the disci- down the hill and failed to
pline, but the first since win- finish.
ning in Kitzbuehel in Janu- "It was a good race. It was
ary 2018. really difficult in the sec-
"After the first run I thought: ond run," Noel said. "It's a
'Seven-tenths on Noel, Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen, center, winner of an alpine ski, men's slalom, poses with second good way to start the sea-
that's a bit too much,'" said placed France Clement Noel, left, and third place Switzerland's Daniel Yule, in Levi, Finland, Sun- son. I am playing with the
Kristoffersen, who trailed day, Nov. 24, 2019. big boys and I am happy
the Frenchman by 0.68 sec- Associated Press about that."
onds after the opening leg Noel had his breakthrough
but beat his French rival by tion." (once) has won the season back a bit: a bit less speed in the final two months
0.09 thanks to a near-flaw- Kristoffersen and Hirscher title in the discipline in the and a bit more focus on of last season. Without a
less second run. dominated the slalom cir- past seven seasons. technique. Taking one step World Cup podium finish
"My skiing in slalom is much cuit for years, with the Aus- "In 2015, 16, 17, we were back to go three steps for- to his name, Noel finished
better than last year, we trian mostly coming out on very fast, Marcel and me. ward." runner-up in Adelboden
have worked a lot," he said. top. Then we were a bit over With Hirscher, the record in January before winning
"It was not a perfect run but No other skier than Hirscher the limit, I think," Kristof- eight-time overall cham- races in Wengen, Kitzbue-
it's going in the right direc- (six times) or Kristoffersen fersen said. "I had to take pion from Austria, now re- hel and Soldeu.q

Kohli and co dominate first day-night cricket test in India

By CHETAN NARULA conditions," India's bowling
Associated Press coach Bharat Arun said.
KOLKATA, India (AP) — It Only Mushfiqur Rahim, 74,
was lights out. India's first delayed India's relentless
staging of a day-night push for a national record
cricket test resulted in a big seventh consecutive test
win on and off the field. win.
Virat Kohli's lineup ended He was second man out on
Bangladesh's rearguard re- Sunday afternoon, caught
sistance in broad daylight off Yadav's bowling. Yadav
just 8.4 overs into the third accounted for all three
day, sealing victory by an wickets to fall on day three
innings and 46 runs on Sun- as India wrapped up pro-
day to secure a 2-0 win in ceedings with ease.
the series. Mahmudullah, who retired
Umesh Yadav took 5-43 hurt on Saturday owing to
and Ishant Sharma snared a hamstring injury, didn't
4-55 for a match haul of come out to bat again.
nine wickets as Bangladesh Bangladesh made 106 in
was bowled out for 195 runs its first innings. Virat Kohli
in its second innings. scored 136, for his 27th test
India has been reluctant Umpire Marais Erasmus signals to start the play as Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim prepares to bat hundred, and then de-
to play with a pink ball during the third day of the second test cricket match between India and Bangladesh, in Kolkata, clared India's first innings at
and under lights in the tra- India, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. 347-9 for a lead of 241 runs.
ditional five-day format, Associated Press The high attendance at
but having crowds around Eden Gardens proved the
60,000 per day for the first likely to be the last for either dran Ashwin and Ravindra two tests in Indore and Kol- concept to be a success.
two days and fast bowlers team. Australia hosted the Jadeja only sent down sev- kata. Additionally, it has opened
taking all but one of the 20 first, beating New Zealand en overs in this test. "They hunt as a pack and doors for India to play with
wickets may change that. at Adelaide in 2015, and is Veteran seamer Sharma have a lot of pride in each the pink ball when they tour
Eleven day-night men's unbeaten in its first five. was voted man of the other. We are an experi- overseas, particularly Aus-
tests were played before India had an emphatic win match as well as man of enced bowling attack and tralia where they refused
India and Bangladesh its first, and broke with tra- the series. He picked up 12 the beauty is in how quick- to play a day night test in
played their first. It's very un- dition. Spinners Ravichan- wickets over the course of ly they adapt to different 2018.q