2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom

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The men's slalom in the 2024 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of ten events, including the discipline final. Due to three prior cancellations in other disciplines, the first men's race of the entire season was the slalom held at Gurgl, Austria on 18 November 2023. The original season schedule called for 13 events, but during the season (as discussed below) three slaloms were canceled and not rescheduled. In an upset, Manuel Feller of Austria won his first career discipline title.

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Season summary

On 27 October 2023, two days before the scheduled opening of the men's World Cup season, Lucas Braathen, the 23-year-old Norwegian who was the defending champion in the slalom discipline, announced his retirement from professional Alpine skiing, as part of a dispute with the Norwegian ski federation over his individual commercial rights. [1] [2] The surprising aftermath of that decision was an Austrian podium sweep in Gurgl, the first race of the season, with Manuel Feller defeating Marco Schwarz and Michael Matt. [3] The Austrian victory ended a streak of 17 slaloms without an Austrian victory, dating back to January 2022. [3] However, the next scheduled race, in Val d'Isère on 10 December, was canceled due to a mix of overnight rain followed by new snow and high winds. [4] When the second race was finally held in Madonna di Campiglio, Marco Schwarz won it, coming from sixth after the first run, and took over the season lead in both the discipline and the overall men's World Cup. [5] By the next slalom, Schwarz had suffered a season-ending injury, but Feller won by .02 seconds to maintain the Austrian domination and also regain the overall lead for the season. [2]

In the next two slaloms, at the downhill/slalom festivals in Wengen (SUI) and Kitzbühel (AUT), Feller won [6] and then finished fourth (behind German Linus Straßer, who grew up and learned to ski at Kitzbühel), opening up an almost 200-point lead in the discipline. [7] Straßer also won the night slalom at Schlamding, less than 100 miles away, four days later to move into second overall in the discipline for the season. [8]

The next race, held in poor snow conditions in Chamonix, France after two prior races had already been canceled due to warm temperatures, featured a history-making comeback by Swiss slalom specialist Daniel Yule. Yule made a huge blunder on the first run and was the last of the 30 racers who qualified for the second run, meaning that he would start first, almost two seconds behind the leader; however, he put down a great second run and then sat in the leader's chair as all 29 remaining racers came down the increasingly melting and rutted course, with only two (his countryman Loïc Meillard and first-run leader Clément Noël of France) even managing to get within 0.3 of his total time, thus making Yule the first World Cup men's slalom skier ever to advance from 30th after the first run to 1st after the second run. [9] .The race in Bansko the next week was then canceled after 31 skiers had completed the first run, because visibility was compromised by fog while the course had deteriorated due to persistent heavy rain. [10]

The following two races were held in the US, and Feller pulled off a come-from-behind triumph in the first (at Palisades Tahoe) to establish a 204-point lead over Straßer, who dropped from first to third on the second run, with just three races to go. [11] When the slalom scheduled the next weekend in Kranjska Gora was canceled due to heavy rains, Feller clinched the season title over Straßer. [12]

Finals

The World Cup discipline finals took place on Sunday, 17 March 2024, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria. [13] Only the top 25 in the slalom discipline ranking and the winner of the Junior World Championship were eligible to compete in the final, except that all skiers who have scored at least 500 points in the overall classification were eligible to compete in any discipline. Because of the reduced field size, only the top 15 finishers in the discipline final scored points. In the finals, no skier with at least 500 points who wasn't otherwise eligible chose to compete, and one skier who qualified (Schwarz) was injured, leaving 25 racers at the start.

Since Feller and Straßer had already clinched the top two spots on the discipline podium, the only battle left was for third, and Timon Haugan of Norway jumped out to a big lead after the first run, then held off Feller, Straßer, and Meillard on the second run to claim that podium spot. [14] However, the bigger news was that immediate past champion Lucas Braathen announced his "un-retirement" and return for the 2025 season, but now skiing for Brazil (his mother's homeland) instead of Norway, where he will have full control over his individual commercial rights. [15]

Standings

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18 Nov 2023
Gurgl

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10 Dec 2023
Val d'Isère

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7 Jan 2024
Adelboden

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14 Jan 2024
Wengen

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21 Jan 2024
Kitzbühel

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24 Jan 2024
Schladming

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4 Feb 2024
Chamonix

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11 Feb 2024
Bansko

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25 Feb 2024
Palisades Tahoe

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3 Mar 2024
Aspen

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10 Mar 2024
Kranjska Gora

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17 Mar 2024
Saalbach

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Total
FIS Crystal Globe.svg Flag of Austria.svg Manuel Feller 100x45100100504550x10045x80715
2 Flag of Germany.svg Linus Straßer 29x2950DNF110010018x6080x60526
3 Flag of Norway.svg Timon Haugan 40x502929DNF28032x5040x100450
4  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Loïc Meillard DNF2x362245321580x29100x50409
5 Flag of France.svg Clément Noël 22x80DNF150DNF26060x80DNF2x45397
6 Flag of Norway.svg Henrik Kristoffersen 36x40DSQ260104045x3260x36359
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dave Ryding 50x601022451824x736x16288
  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Daniel Yule 45xDNF226226032100xDNF23x0288
9  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Marc Rochat 12x84540265013xDNF124x40258
10 Flag of Sweden.svg Kristoffer Jakobsen 24xDNF1DNF1DNF1803612x45DNF1x20217
11 Flag of Norway.svg Atle Lie McGrath DSQ1x328080DNF1DNF21x22DNF1x0215
12 Flag of Austria.svg Fabio Gstrein 32x22DNQ32DNF12620x3626x0194
13 Flag of France.svg Steven Amiez DNQxDNQ2424401329x2429xDNF1183
Flag of Austria.svg Johannes Strolz DNF1x151316161418x1550x26183
15 Flag of Austria.svg Marco Schwarz 80x100DNS180
16 Flag of Austria.svg Dominik Raschner 14x1160DNF136DNF245xDNF213x0179
17 Flag of Italy.svg Tommaso Sala DNQxDNQ361429295x815x22158
18 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Vinatzer 5x9DNF1515DNF226x4013x32145
19  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Luca Aerni 11x2032DNF1DNF1169x1418x18138
20 Flag of Croatia.svg Samuel Kolega 9xDNQ4015DNF1836x26DNF1x0134
21 Flag of Austria.svg Michael Matt 60x16DNF236DSQ1DNS12xDNQ5x0129
22 Flag of Norway.svg Alexander Steen Olsen 13x20DNF2DNF1DNF12415xDNQ20x24116
23 Flag of Greece.svg AJ Ginnis DNF1x26DNF1DNF1182022xDNF1DNF1x29115
24 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Albert Popov 26x2416DNF1DNF1225x18DNF1x0111
25 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Holzmann 16x42018912DNF1xDNQ7xDNF286
26 Flag of Croatia.svg Istok Rodeš DNQx5142624DNF1DNF1xDNF116xNE85
27  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Ramon Zenhäusern 9x1418DNF2DNSDNF114x10DNF1xNE65
28 Flag of Croatia.svg Filip Zubčić 18xDSQ2DNF110DNF1DNF28x208xNE64
29  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Tanguy Nef 11x12DNF212DNF1DNQ7x11DNF1xNE53
30 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Billy Major 15xDNF1DNQ1320DNQDNQxDNF2DNF1xNE48
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Armand Marchant DNF1x13DNQDNF1DSQ2DNF2DNQx1322xNE48
32 Flag of Austria.svg Adrian Pertl DNF2xDNF1931592x9DNF1xNE47
33 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Laurie Taylor DNF2xDNF1DNF1DNF112DNQDNQxDNQ32xNE44
34 Flag of Italy.svg Tobias Kastlunger 20xDNF1157DNF1DNF1DNQxDNF2DNQxNE42
35 Flag of Spain.svg Juan del Campo 7xDNQDNF167DNQDNQxDNQ14xNE34
Flag of Norway.svg Sebastian Foss-Solevåg 6xDNQ7DNQDNF110DNQxDNQ11xNE34
37 Flag of France.svg Paco Rassat DNF1xDNQDNS922DNF1DNQxDNQDNF1xNE31
38 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Gross DSQ1xDNF244DNF1DNQ10x12DNQxNE30
39 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sam Maes DNQxDNF1DNF18DNF111DNF1x6DNF1xNE25
Flag of the United States.svg Jett Seymour DNF1xDNF1DNQDNQDNQDNF23x166xNE25
41 Flag of the United States.svg Benjamin Ritchie DNF1xDNQ811DNF1DNF1DNF1xDNF14xNE23
42 Flag of Germany.svg Anton Tremmel DNF1x10DNF1DNF18DNQDNQxDNQDSQ1xNE18
43 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Erik Read DNQx611DNQDNF1DNF1DNQxDNQDNQxNE17
44 Flag of Austria.svg Joshua Sturm DNSxDNSDNQDNF1DNQDNQ6xDNF210xNE16
45 Flag of Norway.svg Eirik Hystad Solberg DNSxDNS13DNQDNQxDNSxNE13
46 Flag of the United States.svg River Radamus DNSxDNS12DNF1DNF1DNQDNSxDNF1DNQxNE12
47 Flag of Sweden.svg Fabian Ax Swartz DNF1xDNQDNQDNS11DNQDNQxDNQDNF1xNE11
48 Flag of Austria.svg Kilian Pramstaller DNSxDNSDNF1DNF1DNSxDNQ9xNE9
49 Flag of France.svg Hugo Desgrippes DNF1x7DNF1DNF1DNF2DNQDNQxDNQDNQxNE7
50 Flag of Norway.svg Theodor Brækken DNQxDNF1DNS6DNQDNSxDNQDNF1xNE6
Flag of Spain.svg Joaquim Salarich DNF1xDNF16DNQDNF1DNF1DNQxDNQDNQxNE6
52 Flag of France.svg Léo Anguenot DNSxDNS5DNQDNF1DNQDNQxDNQDNF1xNE5
53 Flag of Austria.svg Simon Rüland 4xDNQDNQDNSDNQDNSxNE4
54 Flag of Japan.svg Seigo Katō DNF1xDNSDNF12DNF1DNQDNF1DNSDNQDNSxNE2
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