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Germany beats Sweden to lift team event trophy at Alpine World Cup finals
Sweden's Jens Byggmark, left, and Germany's Fritz Dopfer clear a gate during the Alpine Ski World Cup team event race at the Alpine Ski World Cup finals, in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Friday, March 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Peter Schneider)
LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland - Germany won the parallel racing national team event Friday at Alpine skiing's World Cup finals.
The German team of Felix Neureuther, Fritz Dopfer, Veronique Hronek and Lena Duerr won 3-1 in the final against the Swedish quartet of Andre Myhrer, Jens Byggmark, Maria Pietilae-Holmner and Frida Hansdottir.
Germany had been third at the world championships last month when Sweden took the silver medal behind host nation Austria.
Austria lost to Italy 3-1 for third place.
Only seven nations took part in the competition, which the United States skipped.
Each nation has four racers, two men and two women, who race head-to-head against their opponents in four parallel races. Each win is worth one point.
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