2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom

2024 Men's Giant slalom World Cup
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The men's giant slalom in the 2024 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of ten events, including the final. The original schedule included 12 events, but two were canceled during the season. Switzerland's Marco Odermatt, the two-time defending champion. not only won his third straight championship but completely dominated, winning 9 of the 10 races in the discipline.

Season summary

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The first giant slalom of the season, scheduled as usual on the Rettenbach glacier in Sölden, Austria in October, had to be cancelled due to high winds, although 47 skiers had already completed their first run.[1] The cancelled race was subsequently rescheduled for Aspen on 1 March 2024.[2] The first race of the season was actually held in Val d'Isère in early December, and Marco Odermatt continued his dominance from the prior two seasons; as of this race, he has now won 13 of the last 19 World Cup giant slaloms, including four in a row.[3] At Alta Badia, Odermatt extended his dominance to six giant slaloms in a row, winning both races in an unusual Sunday-Monday pairing.[4] Odermatt then continued his dominance by winning the giant slaloms in Adelboden, Schlamding, and Bansko, making him 6-for-6 in giant slaloms for the season and giving his a winning streak of nine straight World Cup giant slaloms.[5] When Odermatt next won the first two giant slaloms in the U.S. (Palisades Tahoe and Aspen), he clinched the discipline title for the season,[6] and he then won the final Aspen giant slalom to stretch his winning streak in the discipline to 12 straight, including all 9 in the current season, leaving him 2 short of Ingemar Stenmark's all-time record of 14 straight in one discipline.[7] The penultimate giant slalom in Kranjska Gora was cancelled due to lack of snow,[8] setting the stage for a four-way battle for the other two spots on the podium at finals, with only 23 points separating second from fifth.

Finals

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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 only the top 15 finishers earned World Cup points in the discipline.

Coming into the finals, Odermatt (undefeated for the season) seemed about to match Stenmark's record of winning all 10 giant slaloms in a season, set in the 1979 season (45 years ago). However, while leading the race during his second run, Odermatt missed a gate, ending his pursuit of Stenmark's record and handing the victory to his Swiss teammate Loïc Meillard, who thus finished second in the discipline for the season, with Filip Zubčić of Croatia third.[9]

Standings

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# Skier
29 Oct 2023
Sölden

Austria
9 Dec 2023
Val d'Isère

France
17 Dec 2023
Alta Badia

Italy
18 Dec 2023
Alta Badia

Italy
6 Jan 2024
Adelboden

 Switzerland 
23 Jan 2024
Schladming

Austria
10 Feb 2024
Bansko

Bulgaria
24 Feb 2024
Palisades Tahoe

United States
1 Mar 2024
Aspen

United States
2 Mar 2024
Aspen

United States
9 Mar 2024
Kranjska Gora

Slovenia
16 Mar 2024
Saalbach

Austria 		Total
 Switzerland  Marco Odermatt x 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 x DNF2 900
2  Switzerland  Loïc Meillard x 40 15 32 DNF1 45 36 40 80 80 x 100 468
3 Croatia Filip Zubčić x 50 80 50 60 45 29 DNF2 16 40 x 32 402
4 Norway  Henrik Kristoffersen x 32 36 36 45 29 40 80 32 20 x 45 395
5 Slovenia Žan Kranjec x 36 60 60 10 60 45 14 26 36 x 0 347
6 Norway  Alexander Steen Olsen x DNF2 22 26 40 50 80 29 36 14 x 29 326
7  Switzerland  Thomas Tumler x 11 16 24 6 14 32 50 50 32 x 60 295
8 Norway  Atle Lie McGrath x 22 DNF2 40 36 15 DNF2 20 60 29 x 22 244
9 Austria Manuel Feller x 24 DNF2 11 4 80 60 32 DNF1 DNS x 26 237
10 Andorra Joan Verdú x 60 45 DNF1 DNS 36 DNF1 DNS2 DNS x 80 221
11 United States River Radamus x 26 DNF1 18 50 8 22 60 24 9 x 0 217
12 Austria Marco Schwarz x 80 50 80 DNS 210
13  Switzerland  Gino Caviezel x DNF1 26 15 22 DNF1 20 45 12 26 x 40 206
14 Austria Stefan Brennsteiner x DNQ 32 DNF1 12 16 50 DNF2 DNF1 24 x 50 184
Germany Alexander Schmid x 29 14 22 26 24 15 16 DNF1 22 x 16 184
16 Italy Alex Vinatzer x 18 12 10 24 13 4 12 40 45 x 0 178
17 Italy Luca De Aliprandini x DNF2 DNF1 7 32 12 8 DNF2 45 50 x 18 172
18 Norway  Timon Haugan x DNS DNQ 14 DNQ 26 18 DNF2 13 60 x 40 171
19 France Thibaut Favrot x DNF2 24 12 15 22 12 13 22 16 x 24 160
20 France Alexis Pinturault x 45 40 45 DNS 130
21 Austria Raphael Haaser x DNF1 DNQ 4 16 18 11 36 29 DNF1 x DNF2 114
22 Belgium Sam Maes x DNF1 13 16 11 9 DNQ 24 15 DNQ x 20 108
23 Norway  Aleksander Aamodt Kilde x DNS 20 DNS 80 DNS 100
24 Italy Filippo Della Vite x DNF2 DNF2 20 DNF1 32 26 9 DNF1 DNF2 x DNF1 87
25 Italy Giovanni Borsotti x 16 18 29 9 DNF2 14 DNF1 DNF2 DNF2 x 0 86
26 France Léo Anguenot x 10 11 3 1 10 16 10 20 DNF1 x NE 81
Norway  Rasmus Windingstad x 13 DNQ DNF1 29 DNF2 24 15 DNF1 DNF1 x NE 81
28 United States Tommy Ford x DNF1 29 DNQ 14 5 5 11 DNF1 15 x NE 79
29  Switzerland  Justin Murisier x DNF2 DNQ 6 20 DNQ 9 22 8 12 x NE 77
30  Switzerland  Fadri Janutin x 9 10 DNQ DNQ DNQ 13 8 18 13 x NE 71
31 Austria Patrick Feurstein x 15 DNQ 13 13 DNQ 10 DNQ DNQ 8 x NE 59
32 Austria Lukas Feurstein x DNS 26 9 10 x NE 45
33 France Victor Muffat-Jeandet x 6 4 DNF2 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 14 11 x NE 35
34  Switzerland  Livio Simonet x DNQ DNF1 DNQ 9 DNQ 6 18 DNF1 DNF1 x NE 33
35 Canada Erik Read x 12 5 DNF1 DNQ 3 DNF1 DNQ 10 DNQ x NE 30
36 Austria Dominik Raschner x DNS DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 11 18 x NE 29
Italy Hannes Zingerle x DNF1 7 DNQ 2 20 DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNF2 x NE 29
38 Denmark Christian Borgnæs x DNQ DNQ 3 18 6 DNF1 DNQ DNF2 DNQ x NE 27
39  Switzerland  Sandro Zurbrügg x 14 DNQ DNF1 DNQ 7 DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNF1 x NE 21
40 Austria Noel Zwischenbrugger x 20 DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNS DNQ DNF1 x NE 20
41 Canada James Crawford x DNS 6 9 DNQ DNS x NE 15
42 Norway  Fredrik Møller x 7 DNQ DNF1 7 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNQ x NE 14
43 Germany Anton Grammel x 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 5 0 x NE 13
44 Lithuania Andrej Drukarov x DNF1 8 DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 3 DNF1 x NE 11
Germany Fabian Gratz x DNQ DNQ DNF1 5 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF1 6 x NE 11
Japan Seigo Katō x DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 11 DNF1 DNQ DNF1 DNS x NE 11
47 France Mathieu Faivre x DNQ 9 DNQ DNS x NE 9
48 Austria Joshua Sturm x DNS DNQ 8 DNF1 DNQ DNF1 DNF2 DNQ DNQ x NE 8
49  Switzerland  Luca Aerni x DNS 7 DNQ x NE 7
Norway Halvor Hilde Gunleiksrud x DNS DNQ DNQ DNF1 7 x NE 7
United States Patrick Kenney x DNF1 DNF1 DNF1 DNS 7 DNQ DNQ x NE 7
Slovakia Andreas Žampa x DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 7 DNQ DNF1 DNQ x NE 7
53 Germany Linus Straßer x DNS 6 DNS x NE 6
54 Sweden William Hansson x DNF1 DNS DNQ DNS DNQ DNS 5 x NE 5
Sweden Mattias Rönngren x DNQ DNQ 5 DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNQ x NE 5
56 Australia Louis Muhlen-Schulte x DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 4 DNQ x NE 4
Spain Albert Ortega x DNF1 DNF1 DNQ DNQ 4 DNQ DNS DNF1 DNF1 x NE 4
58 United States George Steffey x DNQ DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ 3 DNQ DNF1 DNQ x NE 3
Germany Jonas Stockinger x DNF1 DNQ DNQ 3 DNQ DNQ DNS DNF1 DNF1 x NE 3
References [1] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

Legend

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  •   Winner (100 points)
  •   2nd place (80 points)
  •   3rd place (60 points)
  • DNQ = Did not qualify for run 2
  • DNF1 = Did not finish run 1
  • DSQ1 = Disqualified run 1
  • DNF2 = Did not finish run 2
  • DSQ2 = Disqualified run 2
  • DNS2 = Did not start run 2
  •   Did not start (DNS)
  •   Not eligible for finals (NE)
  •   Race canceled (x)
  • Updated at 16 March 2024, after all events.[21]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Willemsen, Eric (29 October 2023). "Wind cancels men's World Cup season opener after 47 starters with Austrian skier Schwarz leading". AP News. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  2. ^ Thatcher, Leslie (22 November 2023). "FIS reschedules opening GS race to Aspen". KPCW. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  3. ^ AFP (9 December 2023). "Dominant Odermatt wins giant slalom opener in Val d'Isere". MSN.com. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  4. ^ Associated Press (18 December 2023). "Olympic, world champion Odermatt wins back-to-back giant slaloms in Alta Badia". CBC.ca. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  5. ^ Associated Press (10 February 2024). "Olympic and world champion Odermatt extends men's giant slalom win streak to 9". CBC.ca. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  6. ^ Associated Press (1 March 2024). "Marco Odermatt wins his 11th giant slalom in a row to add that title to his overall World Cup title". Washington Post. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  7. ^ Associated Press (2 March 2024). "Odermatt uses 2nd-run comeback to claim 12th straight World Cup giant slalom". CBC. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Kranjska gora giant slalom cancelled". RTV SLO. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  9. ^ Associated Press (16 March 2024). "Odermatt misses 45-year-old record as Meillard wins World Cup giant slalom finale". CBC. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Val d'Isère Men's GS (FRA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Alta Badia Men's GS (FRA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Alta Badia Men's GS (FRA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Adelboden Men's GS (SUI)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Schladming Men's GS (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Bansko Men's GS (BUL)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  16. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Palisades Tahoe Men's GS (USA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  17. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Aspen Men's GS (USA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Aspen Men's GS (USA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  19. ^ Weihs, Peter (6 March 2024). "ÖSV giant slalom racers: "It's frustrating"". Kronen Zeitung. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  20. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Saalbach Men's GS (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  21. ^ "Men's Giant Slalom standing". FIS. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
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