Alpine Skiing-Inexperienced Switzerland beat Olympic champions Austria in mixed team event

Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Mixed Team Parallel - Courchevel, France - March 18, 2022 Switzerland's Fadri Janutin, Switzerland's Andrea Ellenberger, Switzerland's Delphine Darbellay and Switzerland's Livio Simonet celebrate after winning the big final REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

(Reuters) - An inexperienced Switzerland side beat Olympic champions Austria 3-1 in the final to win the alpine skiing mixed team parallel event in Meribel, France on Friday.

Fadri Janutin defeated Patrick Feurstein by 0.26 seconds to give Switzerland the decisive point in a 3-1 victory over Austria, who won gold at the Beijing Winter Games in February.