Alpine skiing-Hirscher wins slalom to complete Kranjska Gora double

March 4 (Reuters) - Double Olympic champion Marcel Hirscher completed a clean sweep of the Alpine skiing World Cup events at Kranjska Gora with victory in the slalom on Sunday.

The Austrian ace, who clinched a fifth giant slalom crystal globe on Saturday, finished ahead of Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen in second place for the second day in a row with Swiss Ramon Zenhaeusern in third.

Hirscher, who is on course for the overall World Cup title, won Olympic goal medals in the giant slalom and combined events at the Pyeongchang Winter Games last month.

He was 1.22 seconds faster than Kristoffersen over the two slalom runs and 1.61 ahead of Zenhaeusern.

Hirscher leads the slalom standings with 874 points, Kristoffersen is second with 710 and Swede Andre Myhrer, 24th in Sunday’s race, third with 460.

The Austrian has 1,494 points in the overall standings to Kristoffersen's 1,205 with Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal a distant third on 716 after not participating at Kransjska Gora. (Reporting by Rex Gowar Editing by Toby Davis)