2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom explained

The men's giant slalom in the 2025 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup is scheduled to consist of nine events, including the final.[1] The season opened in Sölden, Austria on 27 October 2024.

The season will be interrupted for the Alpine Skiing World Championships, this time in Saalbach, Austria during 4-16 February 2025.[2] The championship in men's giant slalom is scheduled for Friday, 14 February.

Season summary

The first giant slalom of the season, scheduled as usual on the Rettenbach glacier in Sölden, Austria in October, resulted in a Norwegian podium sweep, with Alexander Steen Olsen leading the pack.[3] In their returns from retirement, former Norwegian star Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, now of Brazil after one year away, finished fourth, and former Austrian superstar Marcel Hirscher, now of the Netherlands after five years away, finished 23rd.

Finals

The World Cup finals in the discipline are scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 26 March 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho, USA.[4] 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, are eligible to compete in the final, and only the top 15 earn World Cup points.

Standings

Venue
WC
Skier Total
1 Alexander Steen Olsen100100
28080
3 Atle Lie McGrath6060
4 Lucas Pinheiro Braathen5050
5 Alex Vinatzer4545
64040
73636
8 Patrick Feurstein3232
92929
10align=left 2626
112424
12 Sam Maes2222
Timon Haugan2222
141818
15align=left 1616
161515
171414
18 William Hansson1313
19align=left Giovanni Borsotti1212
201111
21 Tommy Ford1010
22 Linus Straßer99
23 Marcel Hirscher88
24align=left 77
25 Jonas Stockinger66
2655
2744
28 Cyprien Sarrazin33
29 Filip ZubčićDNF20
   Fadri JanutinDNF20
   Marco OdermattDNF10
DNS0
DNF10
Joan VerdúDNS0
Stefan BrennsteinerDNF10
DNS0
Filippo Della ViteDNQ0
Lukas FeursteinDNQ0
DNQ0
DNS0
Hannes ZingerleDNQ0
Christian BorgnæsDNQ0
DNQ0
Noel ZwischenbruggerDNS0
DNS0
DNQ0
Anton GrammelDNQ0
Andrej DrukarovDNF10
Fabian GratzDNQ0
Seigo KatōDNF10
DNQ0
Joshua SturmDNS0
DNS0
Halvor Hilde GunleiksrudDNQ0
Patrick KenneyDNQ0
Andreas ŽampaDNQ0
Mattias RönngrenDNQ0
Louis Muhlen-SchulteDNQ0
Albert OrtegaDNQ0
George SteffeyDNS0
References[5]

Legend

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIS CALENDAR & RESULTS – World Cup Men GS. fis-ski.com. 6 November 2024.
  2. Web site: FIS ALPINE WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS SAALBACH 2025 . 5 November 2024.
  3. News: Alexander Steen Olsen leads Norwegian sweep in World Cup GS. ESPN. MSN.com. 27 October 2024. 6 November 2024.
  4. Web site: Sun Valley Resort Named Host of Audi FIS Ski World Cup Finals on FIS 2024-25 Alpine Calendar. 5 June 2024. 5 November 2024.
  5. Web site: Audi FIS Ski World Cup Sölden Men's GS (AUT). FIS. 6 November 2024.
  6. Web site: Men's Giant Slalom standing. FIS. 6 November 2024.