1 day ago · Odermatt finished second behind teammate Loic Meillard in a World Cup giant slalom to formally lock up his fourth straight overall and GS titles. The only remaining challenger for the overall title, Henrik Kristoffersen, needed to finish the race well ahead of Odermatt to keep his mathematical chance alive, but the Norwegian finished in 16th ...

1 day ago · Local hero Henrik Kristoffersen, who was the biggest threat to Odermatt’s giant slalom supremacy, dropped out of contention as he finished outside the top 10.. Coming into the penultimate giant slalom race of the World Cup season, Odermatt had a 41-point lead over Kristoffersen. Odermatt needed to hold onto his podium position to secure his second small Crystal Globe of the 2024/25 season ...

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 …

Mar 1, 2025 · Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen, center ,winner of an alpine ski, men’s World Cup giant slalom, celebrates on the podium with second-placed Brazil’s Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, left, and third-placed Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt, in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

Jan 12, 2025 · The 27-year-old Odermatt extended his leads in the giant slalom and overall World Cup standings in search of a fourth straight crystal trophy in both. He also leads the downhill and super-G standings ahead of races at nearby Wengen next weekend.

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 …

Feb 13, 2025 · Brignone, 34, broke her own records as the oldest woman to win an individual Alpine skiing world medal and gold medal, taking the giant slalom on Thursday in Saalbach, Austria. She prevailed by nine tenths of a second over Alice Robinson, who became the first Alpine skier from New Zealand to make a world podium.

Dec 14, 2024 · Marco Odermatt (SUI/Stöckli) claimed his first Giant Slalom victory of the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup season as he beat the rest of the field as well as the weather at Val d'Isère on Saturday.

23 hours ago · Marco Odermatt (SUI/Stöckli) has won his fourth consecutive Giant Slalom and Overall Crystal Globes after finishing second behind team-mate Loic Meillard (SUI/Rossignol) in Hafjell on Saturday. Odermatt's closest rival for the Giant Slalom Globe, Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR/Van Deer), had hoped to push the race for the title to the final stop of ...

Mar 8, 2025 · Robinson's consistent results means she still leads Brignone in the giant slalom standings by 20 points with one race left on March 25 at Sun Valley, Idaho. "It's an amazing fight," Brignone said ...