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Three days after his triumph at the iconic Kitzbühel venue, Germany’s Linus Straßer won the slalom World Cup race in Austria’s Schladming on Wednesday evening. With the win, he became the first German athlete since Armin Bittner in 1990 to win back-to-back World Cup slaloms. Straßer clocked 1 minute 45.20 seconds to defeat Norway’s Timon Haugan by .28 of a second. Clement Noel of France was third. “It doesn’t get any better,” said Straßer, who had won two slalom races, plus one city event, in his World Cup career before this week. “I think the two best races of the season, and especially for m…

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