Jansrud beats Svindal in final of new parallel giant slalom (The Associated Press)

Kjetil Jansrud edged Norwegian teammate Aksel Lund Svindal to win the new head-to-head event of parallel giant slalom which made its debut on the World Cup circuit in Alta Badia on Monday. Taking advantage of the seemingly faster blue course, Jansrud beat Svindal by 0.22 seconds in the final run of about 20 seconds. Andre Myhrer of Sweden beat Dominik Schwaiger of Germany for third.