2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's overall explained

The women's overall competition in the 2023 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of 38 events in four disciplines: downhill (DH) (9 races), super-G (SG) (8 races), giant slalom (GS) (10 races), and slalom (SL) (11 races). The fifth and sixth disciplines, parallel (PAR). and Alpine combined (AC), had all events in the 2022–23 season cancelled, either due to the schedule disruption cased by the COVID-19 pandemic (AC)[1] or due to bad weather (PAR).[2] The original schedule called for 42 races,[3] but in addition to the parallel, two downhills and a super-G were cancelled during the season.[4] [5]

The season was interrupted by the 2023 World Ski Championships in the linked resorts of Courchevel and Méribel, France, which are located in Les Trois Vallées, from 6–19 February 2023.

Season summary

From the very first race of the season, defending champion (and four-time overall champion) Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States seized the lead in the standings due to her abilities in all four disciplines. After the first thirteen races, she had built over a 300-point lead over 2021 overall champion Petra Vlhová of Slovakia. In addition, with her victory in a slalom at Semmering, Austria on December 29, Shiffrin, 27, became only the third skier (and second woman) to win 80 World Cup races, as well as the first ever to win 50 races in a single discipline.[6]

After 24 races, almost two-thirds of the season, Shiffrin held a lead of over 500 points over Vlhová, with 2016 overall champion Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland close behind in third; however, the focus of the moment was on Shiffrin's quest to break Lindsey Vonn's all-time women's record of 82 World Cup victories (which she had already tied) and then Ingemar Stenmark's all-time overall record of 86 such victories.[7] She shattered Vonn's record with victories in back-to-back giant slaloms in Kronplatz on 24-25 January, increasing her overall lead (now with Gut-Behrami in second) to over 600 points.[8]

By the end of January, which was the time for the break for the 2023 World Ski Championships, Shiffrin had 11 wins on the season (1 in super-G and 5 each in giant slalom and slalom) and 85 wins for her career.[9] Shiffrin's fifth-place finish in a downhill at Kvitfjell on 4 March was sufficient to clinch the season championship, although there were still seven races left in the season.[10] The overall title represented Shiffrin's fifth, tying her with Luxembourg's Marc Girardelli, who also won five, and placed her behind only two Austrians: Annemarie Moser-Pröll, who won six in the 1970s, and Marcel Hirscher, who won eight in a row in the 2010s.

Shiffrin's later victories in both a giant slalom and a slalom at Åre, Sweden (her sixth of the season in each discipline) enabled her to equal and then break Ingemar Stenmark's all-time overall record of 86 World Cup wins (with 87), as well as tying Vreni Schneider's all-time women's record of 20 giant slalom victories (to go along with her all-time record 53 slalom wins, plus 5 super-Gs, 5 parallels, 3 downhills, and 1 combined).[11] [12] [13] And to top the season off a week later, Shiffrin won the giant slalom at finals, breaking Schneider's women's career victory record in that discipline with 21 and also breaking Lindsey Vonn's record for career World Cup podiums with 138 (in only her 249th World Cup start).[14]

Indicative of the degree of specialization in the World Cup this season (despite the end of the COVID separation between the speed skiers and the technical skiers) is that Shiffrin was the only skier, male or female, to place in the top 25 in all four disciplines, and only four women and one man even scored points in all four disciplines: Shiffrin, Federica Brignone (#4), Michelle Gisin (#13), and Franziska Gritsch (#23) among the women, and Marco Schwarz (#7) among the men.

Finals

The last events of the season took place at the World Cup finals, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 through Sunday, 19 March 2023 in Soldeu, Andorra. Only the top 25 in each specific discipline for the season and the winner of the Junior World Championship in each discipline were eligible to compete in the finals, with the exception that any skier who has scored at least 500 points in the overall classification was eligible to participate in any discipline, regardless of her standing in that discipline for the season.

Standings

SkierDH
SG
GS
SL
Total
align=left bgcolor=ffcf40 Mikaela Shiffrin2212408009452,206
2align=left bgcolor=c0c0c0272413532bgcolor=lavender01,217
3align=left bgcolor=db781b Petra Vlhová9bgcolor=lavender04866301,125
421836847671,069
5 Sofia Goggia740176bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0916
6 Ragnhild Mowinckel226366311bgcolor=lavender0903
7   Wendy Holdenerbgcolor=lavender074129655858
8 Marta Bassino34200515bgcolor=lavender0749
9 Elena Curtoni308358bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0666
10 Sara Hectorbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0393243636
11 Ilka Štuhec55151bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0602
12   Corinne Suter3092593bgcolor=lavender0571
1314019861153552
14 Cornelia Hütter165347bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0512
15 Paula Moltzanbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0209297506
16bgcolor=lavender0172328bgcolor=lavender0500
17 Lena Dürrbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0493493
18 Anna Swenn-Larssonbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0470470
19 Mirjam Puchner273189bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0462
20 Thea Louise Stjernesundbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0236170406
21 Ana Bucikbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0146259405
22 Kira Weidle250151bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0 401
23 Franziska Gritsch396120172391
24220166bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0 386
25 Valérie Grenierbgcolor=lavender030354bgcolor=lavender0384
26246106bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0 352
27 Leona Popovićbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0349349
28   Jasmine Flury185157bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0342
29 Nina Ortlieb229107bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0336
30 Ramona Siebenhofer11114964bgcolor=lavender0324
31 Alice Robinson3472207bgcolor=lavender0313
32 Stephanie Venier113163bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0276
33 Mina Fürst Holtmannbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0136127263
34 Katharina Truppebgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender037222259
35 Breezy Johnson22227bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0249
36 Laura Gauché15097bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0247
37 Romane Miradoli821613bgcolor=lavender0246
38bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0240240
39bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender094138232
40 Emma Aicher4859bgcolor=lavender0110217
41 Zrinka Ljutićbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender018190208
42 Laura Pirovano13671bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0207
43bgcolor=lavender01199bgcolor=lavender0200
44bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender094103197
45   Priska Nufer13944bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0183
46 Isabella Wright15422bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0176
47 Martina Dubovskábgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0168168
48 Tamara Tippler8971bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0160
Ricarda Haaserbgcolor=lavender022138bgcolor=lavender0160
50 Laurence St. Germainbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0158158
51 Ali Nullmeyerbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0156156
52   Camille Rastbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender04897145
53 Nicole Schmidhofer15120bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0135
54 Jessica Hilzingerbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0133133
55 Christina Ager9429bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0 123
56 Amelia Smartbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0117117
57 Nicol Delago1059bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0114
58 Coralie Frasse Sombetbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0101bgcolor=lavender0101
59   Elena Stoffelbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender09595
60   Andrea Ellenbergerbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender093bgcolor=lavender093
61 Neja Dvornikbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0226486
62 Stephanie Brunnerbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender084bgcolor=lavender084
63 Nastasia Noensbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender08080
64 Julia Scheibbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender079bgcolor=lavender079
65 Roberta Melesibgcolor=lavender04038bgcolor=lavender078
66 Marie-Michèle Gagnon2057bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender077
67 Katharina Huberbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender086674
68 Estelle Alphandbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender071bgcolor=lavender071
69   Mélanie Meillardbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender07070
70 Nina O'Brienbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender068bgcolor=lavender068
71   Nicole Goodbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender06767
72 Ariane Rädler4421bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0 65
73   Stephanie Jenal3232bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender064
Andrea Filserbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender06464
   Aline Daniothbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender06464
76 Marta Rossettibgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender06161
77 Elizabeth Kappaurerbgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender060bgcolor=lavender060
78 Lara Colturibgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender053659
79   Delia Durrer487bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender055
80   Juliana Suter2724bgcolor=lavender0bgcolor=lavender051

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CUP STANDINGS WORLD CUP Season 2023 Women Overall. fis-ski.com. 11 March 2023.
  2. News: Men's and Women's Parallel Events in Lech/Zürs Canceled . Leann . Bentley . US Ski and Snowboard . 6 November 2022 . 19 December 2022.
  3. Web site: FIS Alpine Skiing – Calendar Women. fis-ski.com. 5 July 2022.
  4. News: Matterhorn Alpine skiing World Cup downhills canceled. Associated Press. NBC Sports. 25 October 2022. 26 February 2023.
  5. News: Women’s World Cup downhill canceled after fog delays. Associated Press. Washington Times. 25 February 2023. 25 February 2023.
  6. News: Mikaela Shiffrin gets 80th World Cup win, 50th slalom win, can reach Vonn record next week . Olympic Talk . . 29 December 2022 . 29 December 2022.
  7. Web site: Ragnhild Mowinckel wins Cortina super-G; Mikaela Shiffrin’s record chase moves on . . . 22 January 2023 . 22 January 2023.
  8. News: Mikaela Shiffrin adds to record total with 84th win in another GS . . . 25 January 2023 . 25 January 2023.
  9. News: Shiffrin misses chance to equal all-time record as Duerr wins slalom . . . 29 January 2023 . 11 February 2023.
  10. Web site: Shiffrin misses out on record-tying win but clinches fifth overall World Cup title. Guardian sport. The Guardian. 4 March 2023. 4 March 2023.
  11. News: Mikaela Shiffrin surges into history with record-tying 86th World Cup win. Agencies. The Guardian. 10 March 2023. 10 March 2023.
  12. News: Mikaela Shiffrin breaks Alpine skiing World Cup wins record. OlympicTalk. NBC Sports. 11 March 2023. 11 March 2023.
  13. News: ‘Mikaela Shiffrin Becomes Winningest Alpine Skier Ever, Male or Female. Rachel. Bachman. Wall Street Journal. 11 March 2023. 11 March 2023.
  14. News: Mikaela Shiffrin finishes World Cup with one more win, two more records and a revelation. OlympicTalk. NBC Sports. 19 March 2023. 19 March 2023.

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