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.

Reigning world champion Loic Meillard kept alive his World Cup Alpine skiing slalom title hopes by winning the season's penultimate race in the discipline in Norway on Sunday.

World champion Loic Meillard posted the fastest time in the opening run of the season's penultimate men's World Cup slalom.

Twice world champion Loic Meillard of Switzerland made it two wins from two weekend races in Norway and now has the chance to claim the slalom World Cup title at the season ender in the United States.

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.