2008–09 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup explained
The 43rd World Cup season began in late October 2008 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in mid-March 2009, at the World Cup finals in Åre, Sweden.
Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won the overall title by two points over Benjamin Raich of Austria. Svindal returned from a season-ending injury in December 2007, and also took the season title in super-G. Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. repeated as women's overall champion, taking the title by a substantial 384 points over Maria Riesch of Germany. Vonn also repeated as the season downhill champion, and added the season title in super-G.
Being an odd-numbered year, a break in the World Cup schedule was for the biennial World Championships. The 2009 World Championships were held 2–15 February in Val-d'Isère, Savoie, France.
No pre-Olympic World Cup alpine events were run at Whistler Mountain, Canada, during the 2009 season. In late February 2008, a women's downhill and super-combined were run on Franz's Run, the women's Olympic course. The most recent men's World Cup events on the Dave Murray Downhill course were held in late February 1995. The World Cup races in North America were switched to the early part of the season in the fall of 1995, and the men's speed events at Whistler were canceled three consecutive years (December 1996–98) due to weather issues, which prompted the switch to Lake Louise in Alberta in December 1999.
Calendar
Men
Ladies
Nations team event
Men's standings
Overall
Downhill
Super-G
Giant slalom
| Rank | after all 8 races | Points |
|---|
| 1 | Didier Cuche | 474 |
| 2 | | 462 |
| 3 | | 421 |
| 4 | | 325 |
| 5 | | 260 | |
Slalom
Super combined
| Rank | after all 4 races | Points |
|---|
| 1 | Carlo Janka | 242 |
| 2 | | 231 |
| 3 | | 169 |
| 4 | | 166 |
| 5 | | 165 | |
Ladies' standings
Overall
| Rank | after all 34 races | Points |
|---|
| 1 |  Lindsey Vonn | 1788 |
| 2 | | 1404 |
| 3 | | 1059 |
| 4 | | 1046 |
| 5 | | 914 | |
Downhill
| Rank | after all 7 races | Points |
|---|
| 1 | Lindsey Vonn | 502 |
| 2 | | 326 |
| 3 | | 292 |
| 4 | | 291 |
| 5 | | 276 | |
Super-G
| Rank | after all 7 races | Points |
|---|
| 1 | Lindsey Vonn | 461 |
| 2 | | 416 |
| 3 | | 408 |
| 4 | | 251 |
| 5 | | 221 | |
Giant slalom
Slalom
| Rank | after all 9 races | Points |
|---|
| 1 | Maria Riesch | 670 |
| 2 | | 459 |
| 3 | | 440 |
| 4 | | 406 |
| 5 | | 325 | |
Super combined
| Rank | after all 3 races | Points |
|---|
| 1 |  Anja Pärson | 205 |
| 2 | | 180 |
| 3 | | 162 |
| 4 | | 150 |
| 5 | | 113 | |
Nations Cup
Overall
| Rank | after all 70 races | Points |
|---|
| 1 |  Austria | 10740 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 7786 |
| 3 |  Italy | 5974 |
| 4 |  France | 4490 |
| 5 | United States | 4158 | |
Men
| Rank | after all 36 races | Points |
|---|
| 1 | Austria | 5982 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 4238 |
| 3 | Italy | 3426 |
| 4 | France | 2681 |
| 5 | United States | 1881 | |
Ladies
| Rank | after all 34 races | Points |
|---|
| 1 | Austria | 4758 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3548 |
| 3 | Germany | 2550 |
| 4 | Italy | 2548 |
| 5 | Sweden | 2441 | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: FIS: Alpine World Cup 2009 men's schedule . 24 September 2018 . .
- http://www.skiracing.com/stories/super-combined-cancelled-beaver-creek "Super combined cancelled at Beaver Creek"
- Web site: FIS Official Communication . 6 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110526104641/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/news/officialcommunications/alpineskiing.html?actu_id_947=1187 . 26 May 2011 . dead .
- https://www.skiracing.com/stories/val-disere-winds-cancel-mens-slalom "Val d'Isere: winds cancel men's slalom"
- http://www.skiracing.com/stories/garmisch-fog-dooms-saturday-races "Garmisch: Fog dooms Saturday races"
- https://www.skiracing.com/stories/kvitfjell-snow-cancels-cup-super-g "Kvitfjell: Snow cancels Cup super G"
- Web site: FIS: Alpine World Cup 2009 ladies' schedule . 24 September 2018 . .
- http://www.skiracing.com/stories/second-louise-dh-cancelled-snowfall/ "Second Louise DH cancelled by snowfall"
- https://www.skiracing.com/stories/st-moritz-high-winds-force-dh-cancellation "St Moritz: High winds force DH cancellation"
Aksel Lund Svindal
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