Unheralded Armin Bittner scored his first World...

Unheralded Armin Bittner scored his first World Cup ski victory at Hinterstoder, Austria, giving West Germany its first men’s slalom victory on the circuit in seven years.

The 22-year-old Bittner was timed in 1 minute 50.14 seconds for his two runs, with veteran Bojan Krizaj of Yugoslavia second in 1:50.94. Italy’s Oswald Toetsch finished third in 1:51.10.