Thomas Tumler became, at age 35, the second-oldest Alpine skier to earn their first World Cup win, taking a giant slalom in Beaver Creek, Colorado, on Sunday. Tumler prevailed by 12 hundredths of a second over Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen combining times from two runs.

Thomas Tumler won his first World Cup race Sunday to help the Swiss team complete a clean sweep at Beaver Creek and edged out Lucas Pinheiro Braathen for the giant slalom title.

Swiss veteran Thomas Tumler captured his first ever World Cup victory on Sunday when he won the giant slalom at Beaver Creek, edging Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen by 0.12sec over two runs.