He beat Lukas Mathies of Austria in the finals. This is the 34-year-old Olympic medallist’s 5th world cup win. Austria's Andreas Prommegger placed third. Another Slovenian competitor, Tim Mastnak, finished in tenth place. The best Slovenian in the female parallel giant slalom race was Gloria Kotnik, who was sixth.

Another parallel giant slalom race is scheduled to get under way in South Korea tomorrow.