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Giant slalom skis are shorter than super-G and downhill skis, and longer than slalom skis. In an attempt to increase safety for the 2003–04 season, the International Ski Federation (FIS) increased the minimum sidecut radius for giant slalom skis to 21 m (69 ft) and for the first time imposed minimum ski lengths for GS: 185 cm (72.8 in) for ...
The World Cup finals in the discipline are scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 25 March 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho, United States. [14] 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 have scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification for the season, are eligible to ...
In 58 World Cup seasons 1956 races (538 downhills, 251 super-G's, 464 giant slaloms, 548 slaloms, 134 combined, 2 parallel slaloms, 10 city events, 8 parallel giant slaloms and 1 K.O. slalom) for men were held.
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 ...
The Men's giant slalom competition at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2025 was held on Friday, 14 February 2025. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A qualification was held on 13 February. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
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 ...
The men's giant slalom in the 2023 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of ten events including the final. Defending discipline champion Marco Odermatt of Switzerland opened over a 100-point lead in the discipline by winning four of the first five races and finishing third in the other, although he then missed a race due to injury. [1]
This was Pinturault's first season title in giant slalom, becoming the first French champion in the discipline since 2002. [3] The season was interrupted by the 2021 World Ski Championships, which were held from 8–21 February in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The men's giant slalom was held on 19 February 2021.