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Federica Brignone overcame a recent illness to win the first World Cup giant slalom after taking gold at the Alpine skiing world championships on Friday, while Mikaela Shiffrin finished 25th in ...
Sweden's Sara Hector speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. ... while she moved top of the overall ...
Upon its introduction, giant slalom briefly displaced the combined event at the world championships; it was absent in 1950 and 1952. The combined returned in 1954 in Åre, Sweden, but as a "paper race," using the results of the three events (downhill, giant slalom, and slalom), a format used through 1980.
The race course made its World Cup debut 28 years ago in December 1997. Beaver Creek is a traditional early December stop on the men's World Cup calendar. The course hosted the World Championships in 1999 and 2015 , and is also used for super-G and giant slalom races. [ 1 ]
The men's giant slalom in the 2022 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of eight events including the final. At the halfway point of the season (five events), Marco Odermatt of Switzerland had opened a commanding lead in the discipline by winning four of the races and finishing second in the other. [ 1 ]
The classic giant slalom drew a 15,000 crowd, potentially a Sunday record at Adelboden, to the course that has featured in every season of the 58-year World Cup history.
I think by the end of the season you’ll maybe see her top speed again.” Shiffrin planning to return to giant slalom racing next weekend. With the World Cup circuit — skiing’s regular season — starting back up again next weekend, Shiffrin plans to race in the two giant slaloms and a slalom in Sestriere, Italy.
The World Cup finals in men's giant slalom took place on Saturday, 16 March 2024, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria.Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup giant slalom discipline and the winner of the Junior World Championship in the discipline, plus any skiers who had scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification for the season, were eligible to compete in the final, and ...