Loic Meillard has won gold in the men’s slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships. The Swiss skier beat silver medalist Atle Lie McGrath of Norway by 0.26 seconds.

Switzerland's Loic Meillard won men's slalom gold in the final race of the Alpine skiing world championships on Sunday after first-run leader Clement Noel skied out. Meillard claimed victory by 0.26 seconds to become the first Swiss man to be crowned slalom world champion for 75 years.

Swiss skier Loïc Meillard claimed his maiden individual gold medal at a world championships with a dramatic triumph in the slalom in Austria's Saalbach-Hinterglemm on Sunday. It was a first world championship gold for Switzerland in the men's slalom in 75 years.