2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill

2025 Men's Downhill World Cup
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The men's downhill in the 2025 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup is scheduled to consist of nine events, including the finals. Two-time discipline champion Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway, who failed to repeat last season because he suffered life-threatening injuries on the Lauberhorn downhill course in January 2024, developed a shoulder infection at the surgical site over the summer and needed a second surgery, which caused him to miss the entire season, making defending discipline champion Marco Odermatt of Switzerland an overwhelming favorite to repeat as the season champion.[1]

The season was interrupted for the biennial Alpine Skiing World Championships in Saalbach, Austria during 4–16 February 2025.[2] The championship in men's downhill was held on Sunday, 9 February, and was dominated by the Swiss team, with young star Franjo von Allmen winning gold, teammate Alexis Monney taking bronze, and five Swiss skiers finishing in the top 12.[3]

Season summary

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Downhill season began in early December 2024 at Beaver Creek (Colorado), USA with Swiss skier Justin Murisier winning his first-ever World Cup race in an upset over his Swiss teammate Marco Odermatt.[4] However, Odermatt bounced back to dominate the next downhill in Val Gardena.[5] In the third downhill, on the Stelvio course in Bormio, Odermatt made a mid race error that pushed him down to fifth, but two of his Swiss teammates (Alexis Monney and Franjo von Allmen) made up for it by taking the top two places, which gave the Swiss the top four places in the discipline standings for the season.[6] Once again, Odermatt bounced back to defeat Von Allmen on home snow in Wengen,[7] but then the Swiss downhill monopoly for the season was finally ended by Canada's James Crawford, with his first World Cup victory, in Kitzbühel, Austria.[8] The final race before the World Championships, scheduled in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, was cancelled when two straight days of fog caused both pre-race training runs to be cancelled, which meant that the downhill could not take place; the race was rescheduled for the first day at Kvitfjell.[9]

In the World Championships, von Allmen and Monney continued their meteoric rise, with von Allmen defeating home star Vincent Kriechmayr for the gold medal and Monney claiming the bronze, with Odermatt fifth.[3]

Finals

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The World Cup finals in the discipline are scheduled to take place on Saturday, 22 March 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho, United States.[10] Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup 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 compete in the final, and only the top 15 earn World Cup points.

Standings

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Venue
6 Dec 2024
Beaver Creek
28 Dec 2024
Bormio
18 Jan 2025
Wengen
25 Jan 2025
Kitzbühel
2 Feb 2025
Garmisch
9 Feb 2025
Saalbach

WC
22 Feb 2025
Crans Montana
7 Mar 2025
Kvitfjell
8 Mar 2025
Kvitfjell
22 Mar 2025
Sun Valley
# Skier United States Italy Italy Switzerland Austria Germany Austria Switzerland Norway Norway United States Total
1  Switzerland  Marco Odermatt 80 100 45 100 40 x ⑤ 80 445
2  Switzerland  Franjo von Allmen 3 80 80 80 29 x ① 100 372
3  Switzerland  Alexis Monney 20 0 100 DSQ 80 x ③ 60 260
4 Slovenia Miha Hrobat 60 16 36 60 45 x DNF 29 246
5 Canada James Crawford 50 0 14 29 100 x ㉓ 40 233
6  Switzerland  Justin Murisier 100 2 40 36 24 x ⑧ 13 215
7 Canada Cameron Alexander DNF 29 60 45 60 x DNS 194
8 France Nils Allègre 32 50 26 13 4 x ⑩ 22 147
9 United States Ryan Cochran-Siegle 22 60 DNF 24 12 x ⑬ 20 138
10 United States Bryce Bennett 40 32 0 40 2 x ⑩ 14 128
11 Austria Vincent Kriechmayr 45 0 32 DNF DNS x ② 50 127
12 Austria Daniel Hemetsberger 7 22 24 3 50 x ⑦ 16 122
Italy Mattia Casse 5 18 50 20 11 x ㉒ 18 122
Italy Dominik Paris 12 6 0 50 22 x ④ 32 122
15  Switzerland  Stefan Rogentin 20 26 22 22 0 x ⑫ 24 114
16 Italy Florian Schieder 8 0 0 26 16 x ⑯ 45 95
17 Austria Stefan Eichberger 11 40 DNF 0 0 x ㉘ 36 87
18 Austria Stefan Babinsky 14 0 16 10 32 x ⑨ 11 83
19  Switzerland  Lars Rösti 13 22 DNF 32 0 x DNS 15 82
20 France Maxence Muzaton 15 0 0 18 36 x ⑱ DNF 69
21 Canada Brodie Seger 26 24 DNS 5 8 x ㉗ 0 63
22 Norway  Adrian Smiseth Sejersted 9 0 2 9 29 x ⑥ 12 59
23 Finland Elian Lehto 0 0 15 12 5 x ⑭ 26 58
24 Germany Romed Baumann 0 36 0 DNF 13 x ⑳ 7 56
25 Austria Otmar Striedinger 2 9 6 14 20 x DNS DNF 51
26 Slovenia Martin Čater 0 45 5 0 DNF x ㉞ 0 50
27  Switzerland  Marco Kohler 16 0 29 0 0 x DNS 4 49
28 France Cyprien Sarrazin 29 14 DNS 43
29 France Blaise Giezendanner 36 DNF 3 DNF DNS 39
30 Czech Republic Jan Zabystřan 24 5 DNF 9 0 x ⑲ 0 38
31 France Nils Alphand 2 0 18 0 15 x ㉔ DNS 35
32 Italy Giovanni Franzoni 4 0 12 0 18 x ㉑ 0 34
33 France Adrien Théaux 0 11 DNS 7 14 x ㉜ 0 32
34 Italy Christof Innerhofer 0 4 13 0 7 x DNS 5 29
35 Germany Luis Vogt 0 15 9 4 0 x DNF 0 28
36 United States Sam Morse 10 0 0 16 0 x ㊱ 1 27
United States Jared Goldberg 0 0 0 15 6 x ㉔ 6 27
France Matthieu Bailet DNF 0 10 11 3 x DNS 3 27
39 Germany Simon Jocher 0 2 20 DNS x ㉚ DNS 22
 Switzerland  Livio Hiltbrand 0 15 0 DNS 0 x DNS 8 22
41 Norway Fredrik Møller 0 0 11 DNF DNS x ⑮ 10 21
42 Sweden Felix Monsen 0 11 0 0 9 x ⑯ 0 20
43 Austria Stefan Rieser 0 15 1 1 0 x DNS 17
44 Austria Felix Hacker 0 2 8 DNS 10
Austria Christopher Neumayer DNS 0 0 10 x DNS 0 10
47 United States Erik Arvidsson 0 8 DNS 8
Chile Henrik Von Appen DNS 0 DNS 8 DNF x ㉛ DNF 8
Austria Vincent Wieser 0 0 7 DNS 1 x DNS 8
50  Switzerland  Josua Mettler 0 7 DNS 7
51 Austria Raphael Haaser 6 DNS 0 6
52 Austria Manuel Traninger 0 0 5 0 0 x DNS 5
53 Liechtenstein Marco Pfiffner 0 4 DNS 0 0 x ㉖ 0 4
54 Italy Benjamin Jacques Alliod 0 0 DNF 3 0 x DNS 0 3
55  Switzerland  Arnaud Boisset DNF DNS 0 DNF x DNS 0
Austria Daniel Danklmaier 0 DNS 0
Canada Jeffrey Read 0 0 0 0 0 x ㉙ DNF 0
United States Wiley Maple 0 0 DNF 0 0 x DNS 0 0
United States Kyle Negomir 0 0 0 0 0 x DNS 0 0
Italy Pietro Zazzi 0 0 DNS 0
References [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [9] [16] [17]

Legend

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  •   Winner (100 points)
  •   2nd place (80 points)
  •   3rd place (60 points)
  • DNF = Did not finish
  • DSQ = Disqualified
  •   Did not start (DNS)
  •   Not eligible for finals (NE)
  •   Race canceled (x)
  •   FIS non-World Cup race (World Championships)
  • Updated at 22 February 2025, after 6 of 9 events plus worlds.[18]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Schwager-Patel, Nischal (23 October 2024). "Aleksander Aamodt Kilde to miss 2024/25 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup season after new surgery". Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  2. ^ "FIS ALPINE WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS SAALBACH 2025". Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b Staff (9 February 2025). "Von Allmen wins gold as Swiss dominate men's downhill". Reuters.com. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  4. ^ Associated Press (6 December 2024). "Murisier claims 1st World Cup win by beating Swiss teammate Odermatt in men's downhill". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  5. ^ Associated Press (21 December 2024). "Odermatt finally wins in Gardena as he dominates a World Cup downhill". AP News. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  6. ^ ESPN (28 December 2024). "Alexis Monney claims 1st World Cup win after rare Marco Odermatt mistake". MSN.com. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  7. ^ Associated Press (18 January 2025). "Odermatt beats fast-emerging Von Allmen in Switzerland's classic World Cup downhill". AP News. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  8. ^ Associated Press (25 January 2025). "Crawford wins and Alexander is 3rd in World Cup downhill as Canadian team impresses in Kitzbuehel". AP News. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  9. ^ a b Associated Press (1 February 2025). "World Cup downhill in Garmisch canceled after fog prevents both training runs". AP News. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  10. ^ "Sun Valley Resort Named Host of Audi FIS Ski World Cup Finals on FIS 2024-25 Alpine Calendar". 5 June 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Beaver Creek Men's DH (United States)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Val Gardena/Gröden Men's DH (ITA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Bormio Men's DH (ITA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Wengen Men's DH (SUI)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  15. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kitzbühel Men's DH (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  16. ^ "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Saalbach Men's DH (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  17. ^ "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Crans Montana Men's DH (SUI)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  18. ^ "Men's Downhill 2024-2025". FIS. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
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