Zrinka Ljutić and Samuel Kolega, Croatian slalom champions

Source: Croatian

Zrinka Ljutić and Samuel Kolega were crowned national slalom champions after today's FIS Croatian Open Championship races held in Platak (CRO). The same order of points will be used for the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Championship.

The course for the first run of the women's slalom was set by Amir Ljutić, coach of Zrinka Ljutić, and the course for the second run was set by Goran Rački, coach of Leona Popović.

The course for the first run of the men's slalom was set by Pavel Grašič, Samuel Kolega's coach, and the course for the second run was set by Sergey Komarov, Filip Zubčić's coach.

Zrinka won the FIS NC race ahead of Leona Popović (+0.15), who led after the first run. Maria Shkanova took third place in the race.

The other Croatian representatives, Pia Vučinić, Zoe Dragičević, Dora Ljutić, Lucija Vukušić, Ira Dovgan and Franka Rožman did not finish the first run.

Samuel Kolega won the FIS NC race and Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Championship and the Croatian slalom champion title with a total time of 1:33.53, ahead of Filip Zubčić (+0.14). Third place in the race was Austria's Ralph Seidler (+0.16). In the standings for the Croatian Championship and Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Championship, Istok Rodeš took third place as the fourth-place finisher in the race.

Of the other Croatian representatives who finished the race, Tvrtko Ljutić took 5th place, Otto Orešić 11th, Roko Begović 12th, and Jura Vrhovski 19th. Ziggy Vrdoljak, Hrvoje Ljutić, Tin Vučinić, Fran Balen, Šime Kovač, and Karlo Filipec did not finish the race.

See the results HERE