2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom

2025 Men's Slalom World Cup
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The men's slalom in the 2025 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup is scheduled to consist of twelve events, including the discipline final. The discipline opened the season in Levi, Finland, the first time that the men have raced there since before the pandemic (November 2019). Interestingly, with the return from retirement of Marcel Hirscher and Lucas Braathen, all of the discipline champions for the past 12 years are competing: Hirscher (6 discipline titles: 2013-15, 2017–19), Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway (3 titles: 2016, 2020, 2022), Marco Schwarz of Austria (1 title, 2021, but who did not return from an injury suffered in September until mid-December), Braathen (1 title, 2023), and defending champion Manuel Feller of Austria (1 title, 2024).

The season was interrupted for the Alpine Skiing World Championships, this time in Saalbach, Austria during 4–16 February 2025.[1] The championship in men's slalom was as the last skiing event of the championships, on Sunday, 16 February; Loïc Meillard finished a great run of success for the Swiss with a victory, his second gold and third medal of the championships . . . and the first win by a Swiss man in the slalom at the world championships since 1950.[2]

Season summary

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In the opener at Levi, 2022 Olympic slalom gold medalist Clément Noël of France defeated all of the former champions for only his second victory on the World Cup circuit since the Olympics, chased most closely by Kristofferson, who posted the fastest second run.[3] Noël then followed up that victory one week later at Gurgl, Austria, when he took a commanding lead after the first run and maintained the edge for his second straight win, with Kristoffersen the best placed of the former champions in sixth.[4] Noël missed the next race due to injury, however, as did Hirscher (who suffered a season-ending injury, stopping his comeback), and after an almost two-year victory drought, Kristoffersen won the next slalom in Val d'Isére (France) to take over the lead in the discipline.[5] The next race was the last of four straight races (one in each discipline) in northern Italy prior to Christmas, and Norway's Timon Haugan won in dominating fashion, with his teammate Kristoffersen (fourth) retaining the discipline lead.[6]

In the first slalom in 2025, a night slalom held in Italy, Albert Popov of Bulgaria posted the top time in the second run and rose from eighth after the first run to record Bulgaria's second-ever World Cup victory (the first was also a slalom, exactly 45 years earlier (8 January 1980) by Petar Popangelov); meanwhile, Loïc Meillard of Switzerland was runner-up for the second consecutive slalom and edged Kristoffersen for the season lead.[7] However, when Meillard failed to finish the first run in the next race at Adelboden (Switzerland), Noël's third victory of the season and Kristoffersen's podium finish (third) moved both of them ahead of him.[8] In the last race before the world championships, a night slalom at Schlamding, Austria, Haugan came from second after the first run to pick up his second win of the season, and once again his countryman Kristoffersen took over the discipline lead in a race that he won.[9]

At the world championships, Loïc Meillard of Switzerland, ranked third in the discipline for the season, picked up his first win of the season, followed closely by Atle Lie McGrath of Norway, with Germany's Linus Straßer in third.[2]

Finals

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The World Cup finals in the discipline are scheduled to take place on Thursday, 27 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
17 Nov 2024
Levi
24 Nov 2024
Gurgl
15 Dec 2024
Val d'Isère
23 Dec 2024
Alta Badia
11 Jan 2025
Adelboden
19 Jan 2025
Wengen
26 Jan 2025
Kitzbühel
29 Jan 2025
Schladming
16 Feb 2025
Saalbach

WC
2 Mar 2025
Kranjska Gora
16 Mar 2025
Hafjell
27 Mar 2025
Sun Valley
# Skier Finland Austria France Italy Italy Switzerland Switzerland Austria Austria Austria Slovenia Norway United States Total
1 Norway  Henrik Kristoffersen 80 40 100 50 45 60 60 DNF1 32 ⑬ 100 567
2 France Clément Noël 100 100 DNS 40 DNF1 100 24 100 DNF2 DNF2 26 490
3  Switzerland  Loïc Meillard 60 45 60 80 80 DNF1 45 DNF2 45 ① 50 465
4 Norway  Timon Haugan 18 29 32 100 DNF1 20 80 DNF2 100 ⑤ 80 459
5 Norway  Atle Lie McGrath 22 60 80 60 DNF2 DNF1 100 DNF2 40 ② 32 394
6 Brazil Lucas Pinheiro Braathen 50 DNF1 50 22 29 80 22 60 DNF1 ⑬ DNF1 313
7 Austria Manuel Feller DNF2 DNF1 50 36 DNF2 DNF2 32 29 80 ④ 60 287
8  Switzerland  Tanguy Nef 45 9 DNF2 9 16 32 50 36 24 ⑨ 45 266
9 Austria Fabio Gstrein DNF1 29 13 DNF1 26 45 18 32 60 ⑪ 36 259
10 France Steven Amiez 40 50 DNF2 DNF2 50 40 14 4 36 ⑦ 8 242
11 Germany Linus Straßer 36 DNQ DNF2 DNF2 40 50 20 45 50 ③ DNF1 241
12 Bulgaria Albert Popov 13 13 DNF2 26 100 15 26 18 DNF2 ⑱ 18 229
13 Croatia Samuel Kolega 29 15 40 45 60 DNF1 8 6 11 ⑩ DNF2 214
14  Switzerland  Daniel Yule 9 20 11 29 36 22 40 24 18 DNF2 DNF2 209
15 Sweden Kristoffer Jakobsen 24 80 DNF1 DNF1 DFN1 9 11 50 DNF1 DNF1 14 188
16 United Kingdom Dave Ryding 15 36 29 32 18 4 12 15 15 ⑥ 7 183
17 Italy Alex Vinatzer DNF1 14 26 DNF1 DSQ1 3 DNQ 80 22 DNF2 29 174
18 Croatia Filip Zubčić 26 DNQ 8 11 DNQ 36 9 26 12 DNF2 6 134
19 United States Benjamin Ritchie 20 10 DNF1 DNQ 32 10 13 10 29 DNF1 DNF1 124
20 France Paco Rassat DNF1 18 DNF1 18 22 DNF1 29 16 20 DNF1 DNF1 123
21 Belgium Armand Marchant DNQ 24 24 DNF1 DNF1 12 16 DNF1 26 DNS2 20 122
22 France Victor Muffat-Jeandet DNQ DNQ 15 DNQ 11 24 DNQ 12 13 ⑰ 40 115
23 Austria Dominik Raschner 15 22 DNF2 DNF1 20 DNF2 15 22 DSQ1 ⑧ 16 110
24 Austria Michael Matt 6 2 16 15 DNF2 29 10 DNF1 DNF1 DNS 22 100
25 Austria Johannes Strolz DNQ DNF1 18 10 24 16 DNF1 22 DNF2 DNS DNF1 92
26 Norway  Alexander Steen Olsen 32 16 DNS 13 DNF2 18 DNF2 5 DNF2 DNF1 DNF2 84
27 Austria Marco Schwarz DNS DNF2 DNQ DNF1 6 36 40 DNF2 DNF1 DNF2 82
28 Austria Adrian Pertl 16 11 20 DNF2 15 DNF2 7 DNF1 DNF1 DNS 11 80
29  Switzerland  Marc Rochat DNF1 DNF1 DNF1 DNF1 DNQ 26 6 11 10 ⑯ 15 68
30  Switzerland  Luca Aerni DNQ 7 13 14 DNF1 11 DNQ DNQ 6 DNS 13 64
31 Italy Tobias Kastlunger DNQ 5 36 7 DNQ DNF1 4 DNQ 9 DNF2 DNQ 61
Italy Stefano Gross DNQ 3 14 DNQ 10 13 DNQ DNQ 8 ⑳ 13 61
33 United Kingdom Laurie Taylor DNQ 8 22 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 15 14 DNF2 DNQ 59
34 Finland Eduard Hallberg 7 32 DNF2 DNF1 DNF1 DSQ1 DNF1 DNQ 16 ⑫ DNF1 55
35 United States Jett Seymour DNF1 DNF1 10 18 DNQ 14 2 DNQ DNQ ㉑ DNF1 44
36 Croatia Istok Rodeš 5 DNF1 DNF1 5 DNQ 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF1 24 42
37 Sweden Fabian Ax Swartz DNF2 4 DNQ 24 13 DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNF1 DNQ 41
38  Switzerland  Ramon Zenhäusern 11 1 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNQ 8 DNQ DNS 11 31
39 Estonia Tormis Laine 4 DNQ 9 DNF1 DNQ 7 DNF1 7 DNQ DNF2 DNF1 27
40 United Kingdom Billy Major DNQ DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ 5 5 DNQ 7 ⑮ 9 26
41 Austria Joshua Sturm 10 6 DNF1 8 DNF1 DNQ DNS DNQ DNQ DNS DNF1 24
42 Belgium Sam Maes DNQ DNQ DNS DNF1 14 DNF1 2 DNF1 DNQ ⑲ 5 21
43 Spain Joaquim Salarich DNF1 DNF1 DNQ 16 DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DSQ1 DNQ 16
44 France Hugo Desgrippes DNF1 DNQ DNF1 DNF1 DNF1 DNQ DNS 13 DNF1 DNS DNQ 13
45 Norway  Sebastian Foss-Solevåg 12 DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNF2 DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNQ DNF1 DNQ 12
Greece AJ Ginnis DNQ 12 DNS 12
Sweden Gustav Wissting DNS DNQ 12 DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNQ ㉖ DNF1 12
48 Italy Simon Maurberger DNS 10 DNQ DNF1 DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNS 10
Canada Erik Read DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ 10 DNF1 ㉔ DNF1 10
50 Germany Anton Tremmel DNF1 DNQ DNQ 6 DNQ DNQ 3 DNQ DNQ DNS DNF1 9
51 Norway  Eirik Hystad Solberg 8 DNQ DNF1 DNQ DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNS DNQ 8
52 United States River Radamus DNF1 DNQ DNF1 4 DNS DNQ DNQ DNS DNF1 DNF1 DNS 4
53 Italy Tommaso Sala DNQ DNS 0
Germany Sebastian Holzmann DNQ DNQ DNS 0
Spain Juan del Campo DNF1 DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNQ ㉓ DNQ 0
France Léo Anguenot DNF1 DNS DNQ DNF1 DNS DNF1 DNQ DNS 0
Canada Simon Fournier DNF1 DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNS 0
Japan Seigo Katō DNQ DNF1 DNS 0
References [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

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)
  •   FIS non-World Cup race (World Championships)
  • Updated at 2 March 2025, after 10 of 12 events plus worlds[22]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIS ALPINE WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS SAALBACH 2025". Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b Associated Press (16 February 2025). "Meillard wins slalom gold to cap 'crazy week' for the Swiss ski team at world championships". AP Sports. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  3. ^ Associated Press (17 November 2024). "Olympic ski champion Noel wins season's 1st World Cup slalom; Hirscher fails to qualify for 2nd run". AP News. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  4. ^ Associated Press (24 November 2024). "Olympic champion Clement Noel wins World Cup slalom for his 2nd victory in two weeks". AP News. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  5. ^ Associated Press (15 December 2024). "World champion Henrik Kristoffersen wins World Cup slalom for 1st victory in nearly 2 years". KSTP.com. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  6. ^ Associated Press (23 December 2024). "Norwegian skier Haugan wins Alta Badia slalom ahead of Meillard, McGrath". AP News. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  7. ^ Bregman, Scott (8 January 2025). "Bulgarian Albert Popov claims shock slalom victory at FIS World Cup in Madonna di Campiglio". Olympics.com. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  8. ^ AFP (11 January 2025). "Noel powers to third win of season in Adelboden slalom". MSN.com. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  9. ^ Associated Press (29 January 2025). "Timon Haugan wins World Cup night slalom to give Norwegian ski team 2nd victory in 2 days". AP News. Retrieved 20 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 5 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Levi Men SL (FIN)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Gurgl Men SL (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Val d'Isére Men SL (FRA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Alta Badia Men SL (ITA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  15. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Madonna di Campiglio Men SL (ITA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  16. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Adelboden Men SL (SUI)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  17. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Wengen Men SL (SUI)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  18. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kitzbühel Men SL (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  19. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Schladming Men SL (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  20. ^ "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Saalbach Men SL (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  21. ^ "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Kranjska Gora Men SL (SLO)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  22. ^ "Men's Slalom standing". FIS. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
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