World champion Loic Meillard won the season’s penultimate men’s World Cup slalom as the Swiss skier boosted his chances of taking the discipline title.

World champion Loic Meillard posted the fastest time in the opening run of the season's penultimate men's World Cup slalom Sunday as the Swiss skier hopes to boost his chances of winning the discipline title.

Loic Meillard led a Swiss podium sweep in a giant slalom in Norway as second-placed Marco Odermatt clinched a third straight World Cup title in the discipline and made a fourth straight overall crown official as well on Saturday.