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 racer Thomas Tumler got his long-awaited maiden World Cup win at the age of 35 on Sunday, taming a challenging Beaver Creek course with a pair of pristine runs in a men's giant slalom.