Kristoffersen ends Hirscher's slalom dominance

Austrian skier Hirscher had racked up five consecutive victories in the discipline and was looking to win six World Cup races in a single season for the first time.

However, he trailed Kristoffersen by just over a second following his first run on his home slopes and it was a deficit Hirscher – who finished second ahead of Daniel Yule – could not claw black.

Kristoffersen, who had podiumed on all slalom races without a win this season, clocked a combined time of one minute and 48.49 seconds, to chip 20 points off Hirscher's hefty lead in the slalom and overall standings.

In Cortina d'Ampezzo, Lara Gut earned a first World Cup win since returning from a serious knee injury sustained last February, emerging victorious in the women's super G.

The Swiss clocked a time of one minute and 14.78 secs, which was enough to edge out Johanna Schnarf – with Nicole Schmidhofer rounding out the podium.