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2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's giant slalom

The women's giant slalom in the 2024 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup included eleven events, including the final.[1] The season opened in Sölden, Austria on 28 October 2023. After an injury to defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States, the season championship became a battle between Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland and Federica Brignone of Italy, which went down to the last race of the season at the finals in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria before Gut-Behrami triumphed.

2024 Women's Giant Slalom World Cup
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Season summary

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The opening race in Sölden was won by Gut-Behrami, who finished in second place in the discipline last season (her best-ever season finish in the GS discipline).[2] Gut-Behrami followed up that victory by winning the second race in Killington as well.[3] However, both of the next two races in Tremblant, Canada (Quebec) were won by 2020 discipline champion Brignone, who thus moved into second, narrowly behind Gut-Behrami, for the season, with defending discipline champion Shiffrin in third for both races and for the season.[4]

Back in Europe after Christmas, Shiffrin won the giant slalom at Lienz for her 92nd career victory overall, with Brignone second and Gut-Behrami sixth, moving Brignone into the discipline lead by 35 points over her Swiss rival and 80 points over the American, with everyone else over 150 points behind.[5] However, the first post-Christmas race in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia took place in pouring rain and slushy conditions and was won in an upset by Valérie Grenier of Canada, with Gut-Behrami gaining twenty points on Brignone and closing to just 15 points behind.[6] The next race went into the Low Tatras of Slovakia, about 17km south of the hometown of former overall season champion and current discipline contender Petra Vlhová, but unfortunately featured Vlhová suffering a season-ending injury near the beginning of her opening run.[7] Despite that, the race was won convincingly by Sweden's Sara Hector, with only Shiffrin and New Zealand's Alice Robinson finishing within four seconds of her combined time; meanwhile, sixth-place Gut-Behrami grabbed the overall discipline lead by 25 points over Brignone, who also failed to finish her first run.[8]

With Shiffrin also out with an ligament sprain (which turned out to be serious enough that she never returned during the season), Gut-Behrami then blew out the field in Kronplatz, winning her third giant slalom of the season by over a second over Hector and Robinson and opening an 85-point lead over Brignone with only three events remaining.[9] At the next race, a giant slalom in Soldeu, Andorra, Gut-Behrami won again, coming from ninth after the first run to edge Alice Robinson by one-one-hundredth of a second to virtually clinch her first career discipline title in giant slalom, with a 135-point lead over Brignone with just two races to go, and no one else still in contention.[10] However, in the penultimate race at Åre, Brignone rallied from over a second down after the first run with the fastest time on the second run to win the race and remain alive for the championship at 95 points behind Gut-Behrami with just the finals remaining.[11]

Finals

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The World Cup finals in the discipline took place on Sunday, 17 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 have 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 earned World Cup points. In this race, the winner of the women's giant slalom Junior World Championship (Britt Richardson) was already eligible as one of the top 25 skiers in the discipline for the season (tied for 25th), and two skiers with at least 500 points who weren't otherwise eligible chose to compete (Michelle Gisin and Lena Dürr). Due to injuries, four qualifiers (Shiffrin, Vhlová, Grenier, and Sofia Goggia) did not compete, leaving a field of 24 skiers.

Because of the special scoring rules for the finals, the only way for Brignone to win the season title over Gut-Behrami involved two steps: (1) Brignone winning the final (worth 100 points), and (2) Gut-Behrami not finishing in the top 15 in the final (worth 0 points), giving Brignone a 5-point victory. Brignone lived up to her part of the challenge, winning the race almost a second and a half composite over Alice Robinson. However, skiing cautiously, Gut-Behrami finished the final in 10th (worth 26 points), giving her both her first discipline championship in giant slalom (by 21 points) and the overall season championship (208 points ahead and only 200 points remaining).[12]

Standings

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Venue
28 Oct 2023
Sölden
25 Nov 2023
Killington
2 Dec 2023
Tremblant
3 Dec 2023
Tremblant
28 Dec 2023
Lienz
6 Jan 2024
Kranjska Gora
20 Jan 2024
Jasná
30 Jan 2024
Kronplatz
10 Feb 2024
Soldeu
9 Mar 2024
Åre
17 Mar 2024
Saalbach
# Skier                       Total
      Lara Gut-Behrami 100 100 45 80 40 80 40 100 100 60 26 771
2   Federica Brignone 80 40 100 100 80 60 DNF1 40 50 100 100 750
3   Sara Hector 50 50 50 22 60 40 100 80 29 80 22 583
4   Alice Robinson 29 80 22 DNF1 29 32 60 80 80 DNF1 80 492
5   Mikaela Shiffrin 40 60 60 60 100 29 80 DNS 429
6   Valérie Grenier 36 45 32 40 50 100 24 DNS 327
7    Thea Louise Stjernesund 4 7 29 6 11 45 45 10 45 45 60 307
8   Petra Vlhová 60 26 80 45 36 50 DNF1 DNS 297
9   Marta Bassino 45 DNF2 40 32 DNF1 26 DNQ 26 40 50 DNF2 259
10   Zrinka Ljutić 18 20 18 36 26 9 50 36 26 DNF2 0 239
11   Paula Moltzan 24 32 20 16 15 DNF2 15 24 24 26 40 236
12   Julia Scheib DNF1 36 11 DNF1 45 DNF2 DNQ 29 20 40 45 226
13    Ragnhild Mowinckel DSQ1 14 12 5 20 10 32 50 22 20 32 217
14   Sofia Goggia 15 29 36 26 32 22 DNS 45 DNS 205
15   AJ Hurt DNQ 12 DNF1 29 24 13 36 4 60 24 0 202
16   Clara Direz 11 4 26 50 DNF2 24 9 9 DNF1 36 29 198
17    Mina Fürst Holtmann 32 15 DNF1 9 18 8 7 DNF2 36 32 36 193
18   Stephanie Brunner 18 11 15 20 DNQ 20 DNF1 12 8 22 50 176
19   Franziska Gritsch 26 16 24 14 12 36 DNQ DNQ 4 29 0 161
20   Katharina Liensberger 8 24 15 24 DNQ 18 DNQ 6 7 DNF1 20 122
    Camille Rast 2 DNQ DNQ DNQ 18 DNQ 29 32 16 9 16 122
22    Lara Colturi DNQ 22 DNQ DNQ 9 6 20 22 DSQ2 12 24 115
23   Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel 20 3 10 DNF1 22 15 DNQ 7 13 5 DNF2 95
24   Ricarda Haaser DNS 5 DNF2 DNQ DNQ 15 DNF2 20 32 18 DNF2 90
25     Michelle Gisin 12 18 DNQ 8 7 11 DNQ DNS 14 18 88
26   Ana Bucik 24 10 DNF1 4 8 DNF2 10 16 10 3 0 85
  Britt Richardson 7 9 16 DNF1 DNF1 12 DNF1 13 18 10 0 85
28   Elisabeth Kappaurer 13 DNF1 5 18 DNQ DNQ DNQ 14 DNF2 13 NE 63
  Roberta Melesi DNQ DNQ 13 10 14 DNQ DNQ 18 DNQ 8 NE 63
30   Elisa Platino DNQ DNQ DNF2 11 6 5 16 5 15 2 NE 60
    Simone Wild 11 6 9 DNQ DNS 14 11 5 4 NE 60
32   Neja Dvornik DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ 13 DNQ 13 DNQ 14 15 NE 55
33   Magdalena Luczak 1 14 DNQ 3 11 7 4 DNF2 12 DNS NE 52
34    Kajsa Vickhoff Lie DNS 26 8 11 DNF1 NE 45
35   Asja Zenere 3 DNQ DNQ DNQ 6 DNF1 12 15 DNF1 6 NE 42
36     Mélanie Meillard 14 DNQ DNF1 DNQ 3 DNQ 20 DNQ DNQ DNS NE 37
37    Kristin Lysdahl DNQ DNQ 6 13 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 6 11 NE 36
38   Cassidy Gray DNQ DNQ 7 7 DNQ DNF2 DNQ DNQ 3 16 NE 33
39   Emma Aicher DNQ DNQ DNF1 15 DNQ 16 DNF1 DNS DNQ DNQ NE 31
40   Lisa Nyberg DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 22 DNQ DNQ DNQ NE 22
41     Wendy Holdener 9 8 4 DNQ DNS NE 21
42   Estelle Alphand 5 2 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNQ 9 DNQ NE 16
43   Katharina Truppe 7 DNQ 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ NE 15
44   Hilma Lövblom DNF1 DNQ DNQ 12 DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNQ DNQ NE 12
45     Jasmina Suter DNS 11 DNQ DNQ DNF1 NE 11
46   Adriana Jelinkova DNQ DNQ DNQ 2 4 DNQ 3 DNQ DNQ DNQ NE 9
  Lena Dürr DNS 2 DNS 7 0 9
48   Caitlin McFarlane DNS DNQ DNQ 8 DNQ DNQ DNS NE 8
49   Lara Della Mea DNS 2 DNQ 5 DNQ DNF1 DNF1 NE 7
50    Marte Monsen DNS DNQ DNQ 6 DNQ DNS DNQ NE 6
51   Erika Pykalainen DNQ DNF1 DNQ 1 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNS NE 1
References [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

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 17 March 2024, after all events.[24]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIS CALENDAR & RESULTS – World Cup Women GS". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  2. ^ Staff (28 October 2023). "Swiss Gut-Behrami clinches narrow win in giant slalom World Cup opener". Reuters News. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  3. ^ Jiwani, Rory (25 November 2023). "Lara Gut-Behrami maintains perfect start to giant slalom season in Killington ahead of Alice Robinson and Mikaela Shiffrin". olympics.com. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  4. ^ Associated Press (3 December 2023). "Federica Brignone wins a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom. Mikaela Shiffrin is third". AP News. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  5. ^ Associated Press (28 December 2023). "Mikaela Shiffrin masters tough course conditions for 92nd win". Denver Post. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  6. ^ Olympics.com (6 January 2024). "Alpine skiing World Cup 23/24: Valerie Grenier wins rainy Kranjska Gora giant slalom as Shiffrin finishes ninth - Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  7. ^ FIS (20 January 2024). "'Everything was working today': Hector wins Jasna giant slalom". FIS. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  8. ^ Associated Press (20 January 2024). "Olympic champion Hector beats Shiffrin in eventful GS in Slovakia. Vlhova crashes in her home race". Newsday. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  9. ^ Associated Press (30 January 2024). "Lara Gut-Behrami wins giant slalom, gains on Mikaela Shiffrin". ESPN. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  10. ^ AFP (10 February 2024). "Gut-Behrami wins Soldeu giant slalom to leapfrog Shiffrin in standings". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  11. ^ Sportsbeat (9 March 2024). "FEDERICA BRIGNONE TAKES SURPRISE VICTORY IN ARE AFTER POOR FIRST RUN - 'I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE'". Eurosport. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  12. ^ Associated Press (17 March 2024). "Gut-Behrami secures overall, giant slalom titles after placing 10th at World Cup finals". CBC. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Sölden Women's GS (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  14. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Killington Women's GS (USA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Tremblant Women's GS (CAN)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  16. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Tremblant Women's GS (CAN)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  17. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Lienz Women's GS (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  18. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kranjska Gora Women's GS (SLO)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  19. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Jasná Women's GS (SVK)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  20. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kronplatz Women's GS (ITA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  21. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Soldeu Women's GS (AND)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  22. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Åre Women's GS (SWE)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  23. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Saalbach Women's GS (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  24. ^ "Official FIS women's season standings". FIS. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
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