2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's giant slalom

The women's giant slalom World Cup 2021/2022 consisted of 9 events including the final. Overall World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin from the United States, who started out in the early lead in this discipline, contracted COVID-19 at the end of 2021 and missed the post-Christmas giant slalom,[1] then Shiffrin lost the lead in this discipline to Sara Hector of Sweden in the first race in 2022.[2]

2022 Women's giant slalom World Cup
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As noted above, the season was interrupted by the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China (at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing District) from 6–19 February 2022. Although the Alpine Skiing branch of the International Ski Federation (FIS) conducts the World Cup and co-organizes the Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics (along with the International Olympic Committee {IOC)), the Winter Olympics are organized by nation (a maximum of four skiers is permitted per nation), and (after 1968) the Olympic results do not count for World Cup points. Accordingly, the results in the Olympics are highlighted in blue and shown in this table by ordinal position only in each discipline. The women's giant slalom was held at the "Ice River" course on 7 February 2022.

Hector continued to hold the lead in the discipline into March, as 2017 discipline champion Tessa Worley of France emerged as her main late-season competition.[3] Going into the final, Hector held only a five point lead over Worley. Shiffrin held a huge lead of almost a second after the first run and seemed likely to win the title, but she shockingly melted down in the second run, finishing seventh and handing the season title to Worley.[4]

The World Cup final was held on Sunday, 20 March in the linked resorts of Courchevel and Méribel, France, which are located in Les Trois Vallées, on the Roc de Fer course at Méribel.[5] Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup giant slalom discipline and the winner of the Junior World Championship, plus athletes 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.

Standings

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# Skier
23 Oct 2021
Sölden

 
21 Dec 2021
Courchevel

 
22 Dec 2021
Courchevel

 
28 Dec 2021
Lienz

 
08 Jan 2022
Kranjska Gora

 
25 Jan 2022
Kronplatz

 
7 Feb 2023
Beijing

 
OLY
06 Mar 2022
Lenzerheide

 
11 Mar 2022
Åre

 
20 Mar 2022
Méribel

 
Total
    Tessa Worley 32 45 50 100 80 60 DNF2 100 50 50 567
2   Sara Hector 22 80 100 60 100 100 60 DNF2 18 540
3   Mikaela Shiffrin 100 100 80 DNS 36 45 DNF1 50 60 36 507
4   Petra Vlhová 60 50 45 80 16 80 DNF1 100 60 491
5   Marta Bassino DNF1 DNF1 60 40 60 36 DNF1 DNF1 80 80 356
6   Federica Brignone DNF2 36 DNF2 50 DNS 50 80 DNF1 100 316
7   Ragnhild Mowinckel 13 20 32 45 6 32 36 24 45 253
8     Michelle Gisin 6 60 26 10 26 5 45 29 40 247
9   Maryna Gasienica-Daniel DNF1 40 40 DNS 40 26 15 26 32 219
10   Katharina Truppe 4 24 24 29 24 22 24 32 20 203
11   Coralie Frasse Sombet 10 14 10 20 13 13 29 36 22 167
12   Valérie Grenier 36 DNS 50 24 DNF1 DNF1 20 29 159
13     Lara Gut-Behrami 80 DNS 45 DNS DNS 29 154
14   Ramona Siebenhofer 26 32 36 24 12 DNS DNF2 10 DNF2 0 140
15   Ricarda Haaser 16 5 16 13 18 DNQ DNS 14 45 DNF2 127
16     Camille Rast DNQ 29 22 36 DNS 10 22 DNF1 DNS 119
17   Thea Louise Stjernesund 12 DNQ DNQ 14 DNS 40 13 13 24 116
18   Maria Therese Tviberg 45 12 11 DNF2 15 DNF2 18 14 0 115
19   Mina Fürst Holtmann 2 26 18 32 2 18 DNF1 DNS DNF1 16 114
20   Meta Hrovat 40 DNF1 DNF2 26 29 15 DNF2 DNS 110
21   Katharina Liensberger 50 DNS 6 DNQ 8 40 DNF1 0 104
22   Paula Moltzan 8 15 20 9 DNF2 14 26 9 0 101
23   Ana Bucik DNQ 22 DNF2 15 22 29 DNF1 11 0 99
24   Stephanie Brunner 14 18 29 DNF1 DNS DNF2 DNF1 DNF1 15 0 76
25     Wendy Holdener DNS 13 15 DNF2 14 DNS 32 DNF2 0 74
26     Andrea Ellenberger 7 DNF1 6 12 20 12 DNS DNF2 12 NE 69
27     Simone Wild DNQ 10 13 DNQ 11 3 DNS 8 22 NE 67
28   Katharina Huber DNQ DNF2 14 16 8 DNQ DNS 9 16 NE 63
29   Nina O'Brien 29 16 DNF1 DNQ DNQ 16 DSQ2 DNS NE 61
30   Andreja Slokar 18 9 7 DNF2 DNS 4 DNF1 16 4 NE 58
31   Tina Robnik 9 DNS DNQ 32 6 DNF2 10 NE 57
References [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

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 (Winter Olympics)
  • Updated at 20 March 2022, after all events.[16]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Mikaela Shiffrin to miss World Cup races after positive coronavirus test". NBC Sports. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  2. ^ Karen, Mattias (8 January 2022). "SARA HECTOR UNDERLINES STATUS AS MIKAELA SHIFFRIN'S OLYMPIC RIVAL BY WINNING 2ND GIANT SLALOM WORLD CUP RACE OF SEASON". Eurosport.com. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ^ Browne, Ken (6 March 2022). "Tessa Worley wins Lenzerheide giant slalom from Federica Brignone and Sara Hector with Mikaela Shiffrin fourth". Olympics.com. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  4. ^ "France's Worley pips Shiffrin, Hector to win giant slalom title". MSN.com. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Event program for 2022 World Cup finals" (PDF). Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Sölden Women's GS (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Courchevel Women's GS (FRA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Courchevel Women's GS (FRA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Lienz Women's GS (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kranjska Gora Women's GS (SLO)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kronplatz Women's GS (ITA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Women's GS" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  13. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Lenzerheide Women's GS (SUI)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Åre Women's GS (SWE)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  15. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Méribel Women's GS (FRA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Official FIS women's season standings". FIS. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
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