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Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up the technical events in alpine ski racing.
Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill , it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom .
The World Cup originally included only slalom, giant slalom, and downhill races. Combined events (calculated using results from selected downhill and slalom races) were included starting with the 1974–75 season, while the Super G was added for the 1982–83 season. The current scoring system was implemented in the 1991–92 season. For every ...
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 ...
Meillard earned his third medal after winning the team combined with Franjo von Allmen and placing third in the giant slalom. “It's been a crazy week,” Meillard said after beating silver ...
The men's giant slalom in the 2025 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup is scheduled to consist of nine events, including the final. [1] The season opened in Sölden , Austria on 27 October 2024. Through the first four events of this season, the discipline has had four different leaders; however, the last of that group, three-time defending champion ...
Marco Odermatt is back to his imperious best. Odermatt followed up his first win in Val Gardena in Saturday’s downhill by winning a World Cup giant slalom on Sunday as he continued to dominate ...
slalom A sub-discipline of alpine skiing and snowboarding and a competitive Winter Olympic event which involves skiing or snowboarding between marked poles or gates. In ordinary slalom events, the poles or gates are spaced more closely than those in giant slalom, super giant slalom, and downhill events, necessitating quicker and shorter turns ...