2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's giant slalom

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2021 Women's giant slalom World Cup
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The women's giant slalom in the 2021 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of 8 events including the final in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The original schedule had included nine events, [1] but a race in Semmering had to be cancelled after the first run had already been completed when hurricane-force winds moved in and caused significant damage, including to the timing equipment. [2]

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Italian skier Marta Bassino won four of the first five events in the discipline to establish a lead of over 100 points, which remained consistent from there; she clinched the crystal globe for the season after the next-to-last event in Jasná, Slovakia, where she finished fourth. [3]

The season was interrupted by the 2021 World Ski Championships, which were held from 8–21 February in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The women's giant slalom took place on 18 February 2021.

The final took place on Sunday, 21 March in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Only the top 25 of the specific ranking and the winner of the Junior World Championship, plus athletes who have scored at least 500 points in the overall classification, were eligible.

Standings

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17 Oct 2020
Sölden

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12 Dec 2020
Courchevel

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14 Dec 2020
Courchevel

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28 Dec 2020
Semmering

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16 Jan 2021
Kranjska Gora

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17 Jan 2021
Kranjska Gora

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26 Jan 2021
Kronplatz

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07 Mar 2021
Jasná

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20 Mar 2021
Lenzerheide

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Total
FIS Crystal Globe.svg Flag of Italy.svg Marta Bassino 100100DNF2x100100605036546
2 Flag of the United States.svg Mikaela Shiffrin DNS50100x4040506080420
3 Flag of France.svg Tessa Worley 292260x80451002629391
4  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Michelle Gisin 503250x6080403245389
5 Flag of Italy.svg Federica Brignone 804580x45DNF2324050372
6 Flag of Slovakia.svg Petra Vlhová 6060DNF1x50262210024342
7  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Lara Gut-Behrami 322936x32508029DNF1288
8 Flag of New Zealand.svg Alice Robinson 22DNF2DNF1x18292980100278
9 Flag of Slovenia.svg Meta Hrovat 40DNF2DNSx296045DNS60234
10 Flag of Austria.svg Katharina Liensberger DNF24045x518143640198
11 Flag of Sweden.svg Sara Hector 188026x3DNQ261132196
12 Flag of Austria.svg Ramona Siebenhofer 12720x3622154516173
13 Flag of Italy.svg Sofia Goggia 401329x163636DNS170
14 Flag of Poland.svg Maryna Gasienica-Daniel DNQ1024x262424DNF226134
15 Flag of Austria.svg Stephanie Brunner 143640xDNF1DNF11613DNS119
16 Flag of Norway.svg Mina Fürst Holtmann 45DNF1DNF1x221320DNS100
17 Flag of the United States.svg Nina O'Brien 1612DNQx20206DNF22296
18 Flag of Italy.svg Elena Curtoni DNS1418x157972090
19 Flag of Norway.svg Ragnhild Mowinckel DNS115x13141324-80
20 Flag of Austria.svg Katharina Truppe 162422x4DNQ12DNS78
21 Flag of Slovenia.svg Ana Bucik 10159xDNQ31822DNF177
22  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Wendy Holdener 5DNF210xDNF132DNF115DNS62
23 Flag of Austria.svg Ricarda Haaser DNF12632xDNQDNF1DNQDNS58
24 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Valérie Grenier 620DNQx1516DNF1DNF2DNF257
25 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Adriana Jelinkova DNQ814x24DNF1DNS46
References [4] [5] [6] [2] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

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