2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's overall

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2024 Women's Overall World Cup
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The women's overall competition in the 2024 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of 39 events in four disciplines: downhill (DH) (8 races), super-G (SG) (9 races), giant slalom (GS) (11 races), and slalom (SL) (11 races). [1] The schedule initially was planned to consist of 45 events, but two downhills on the Matterhorn in mid-November 2023 were cancelled due to high winds and not rescheduled. [2] As noted below in the season summary, four more speed races scheduled for February were also cancelled, reducing the total number of season events to 39 (with 4 downhills and 2 super-Gs having been cancelled).

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After an injury to two-time defending champion (and five-time overall champion) Mikaela Shiffrin, the season championship became a battle between 2016 overall champion Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland and 2020 overall champion Federica Brignone of Italy, which went down to the technical races at the finals in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria before Gut-Behrami triumphed for her second overall title, eight years after her first. In addition, Gut-Behrami also won the super-G and giant slalom disciplines and was leading in the downhill discipline going into the last race of the finals, giving her the chance to tie the women's record of four titles in one season, held jointly by Americans Shiffrin (2019) and Lindsey Vonn (2010 and 2012) and Slovenian Tina Maze (2013) -- although only Shiffrin did it without a championship in the combined discipline, which Gut-Behrami was also trying to do. [3] However, in that last race, Gut-Behrami lost the downhill discipline title to Cornelia Hütter of Austria, which nevertheless left her with three titles, including a discipline record-tying fifth in super-G.

As is the case every fourth year, there were no other major FIS events (world championships or Olympics) taking place during this season. [4] The fifth and sixth existing disciplines, parallel (PAR) and Alpine combined (AC), were eliminated from future World Cup schedules due to a lack of participation or interest in staging these events, and a new event that had been contemplated on the tentative schedule for the season, a team combined (which had been planned for 16 February 2024 at Crans Montana), was also eliminated and replaced with an additional downhill. [4] Thus, for the second straight season, only the four major disciplines were contested.

Season summary

The early season: former overall champions come to the fore

The first three races to be held during the season were all technical events (a giant slalom and two slaloms) and saw three former overall champions (and the top three finishers from 2023) emerge victorious: 2016 champion (and 2023 runner-up) Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland; 2021 champion (and 2023 third place) Petra Vlhová of Slovakia; and two-time defending champion (and five-time overall champion) Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States. The next two technical events (in the US, a giant slalom and a slalom) were won by Gut-Behrami and Shiffrin (her record 90th win overall), enabling Shiffrin to open an 84-point lead for the season over Vlhová. [5] The following two races, both giant slaloms, which ended the North American portion of the season, were both won by 2020 champion Federica Brignone, moving her into fourth place overall—which meant that the only four former women's overall champions still active occupied the top four places for the season. [6]

The speed events (downhill and super-G) did not begin until the eighth event of the season, with three races in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The first race was easily won by three-time defending downhill champion Sofia Goggia, who triumphed by almost a second over the field. [7] The win moved Goggia into sixth place in the season. However, Shiffrin beat Goggia in the next event, a downhill, and moved into a 195-point lead for the season over Brignone, who was third. [8]

The next two races were speed races at Val d'Isère; Shiffrin skipped the downhill, and Brignone won the super-G, which Shiffrin failed to finish, moving Brignone to within 63 points of Shiffrin's lead. [9] However, the last race before Christmas was another slalom, and Shiffrin's runner-up finish moved her overall lead back over 140 points. [10] And then the final two races of 2023, both at Lienz, were a giant slalom and a slalom, both won by Shiffrin after huge first runs, which gave her 93 total World Cup victories and stretched her lead for the season over Brignone to 263 points and over Vlhova to 328 points. [11]

Middle season: the last two overall champions are injured

The new year started in the rain and fog of Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, where Shiffrin struggled on the soft snow conditions, but her overall lead remained at over 200 points. [12] Shiffrin then missed a three-race weekend (two super-Gs and a downhill) at Zauchensee due to personal illness. [13] However, as the races had three different winners (Sofia Goggia in the downhill and Cornelia Hütter and Gut-Behrami in the super-Gs), the closest competitor to Shiffrin remained Brignone at 140 points behind. [14] Shiffrin then recovered in time for the weeknight slalom in Flachau, which she won to increase her lead to 227 points over runner-up Vlhová and also tie Ingemar Stenmark's record for career podiums in one discipline (81, also in slalom. [15]

The next race (a giant slalom at Jasná) took place about 17 km south of Vlhová's hometown, but unfortunately featured Vlhová suffering a season-ending injury near the beginning of her opening run, which made Gut-Behrami (320 points behind) and Brignone (322 points behind) into Shiffrin's closest active pursuers. [16] [17] Shiffrin then won the slalom the next day to all but clinch the season championship in that discipline—and break Stenmark's record for career podiums in one discipline. [18]

However, in the very next race of the season, a downhill at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Shiffrin herself sprained a couple of ligaments, including her left MCL, in a crash that took her into the safety netting around the course; although she did not sustain season-ending ligament damage, she immediately cancelled her three planned appearances in the following week of racing and was unclear when she would return after that. [19] [20] In keeping with the season, both downhills there were won by different racers; five different women have won the five downhills to this point of the season, while Gut-Behrami, who moved into third in the discipline after Brignone crashed immediately after Shiffrin, also moved into the runner-up spot overall, 295 points behind Shiffrin. [21] The plethora of crashes and serious injuries (including several other season-ending injuries) at this point in the season was contributing to a movement to require World Cup skiers to wear cut-proof underwear, described by one source as "made of resistant polyethylene substances that are said to be stronger than steel or Kevlar on a per-weight basis", to prevent cuts from their ski edges during such crashes. [22] In the final race of the weekend, four-time super-G discipline champion Gut-Behrami took advantage of Shiffrin's absence by winning her second straight super-G to close to within 195 points of Shiffrin. [23]

The stretch run: the two prior overall champions battle for the lead

Two days later, with Shiffrin still out, Gut-Behrami also won a giant slalom in nearby Kronplatz, which not only moved her into sixth place for all-time World Cup victories among women with 42, but also cut down Shiffrin's overall lead to 95 points. [24] The following two races, a downhill and a super-G scheduled for the first week of February in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, were then cancelled due to warm weather, giving Shiffrin and the other injured skiers another week to recover. [25] However, even the time off didn't affect the proliferation of injuries, with Goggia, who was again leading the downhill discipline, requiring immediate surgery after breaking two bones in her right leg while doing giant slalom training in Italy, putting her on the sidelines for the rest of the season as well. [26] At the next race, a giant slalom in Soldeu, Andorra, Gut-Behrami won again, coming from ninth after the first run to edge Alice Robinson by one-one-hundredth of a second to accomplish two goals: (1) taking the overall lead from Shiffrin (by 5 points); and (2) virtually clinching her first career discipline title in giant slalom (with a 135-point lead over Brignone with just two races to go, and no one else still in contention). [27] One commentator noted that Shiffrin had won her first overall championship in 2017 when Gut-Behrami, who was leading, was injured in February and missed the rest of the season, and Shiffrin came from behind to win; the question still was whether this year would be the reverse. [28] And Gut-Behrami had won her only championship the year before, in 2016, when the same thing happened to overall leader Lindsey Vonn, ending her season—ironically at Soldeu.

In the next race, the first of two downhills at Crans Montana, Switzerland on 16 February, Gut-Behrami won again, in front of the home crowd, and stretched her lead over Shiffin to 105 points. [29] At about the same time, Shiffrin issued a statement saying that she didn't plan to return until the giant slalom and slalom at Åre, Sweden, on 9–10 March, the week before the World Cup finals. [30] When Gut-Behrami placed third the next day, she took over the season lead in the downhill discipline as well, giving her the current lead in every discipline except slalom as well as the overall lead. [31] With a sixth-place finish in the third race, a super-G, Gut-Behrami's lead over Shiffrin grew to 205 points, while Brignone, who was second, closed to within 81 points of Shiffrin. [32] Heavy snowfall in Val di Fassa, Italy prompted cancellation of both super-Gs scheduled there at the end of February, leaving only eight races in the season. [33]

At the beginning of March, two speed races were held in Kvitfjell, but heavy snowfall wiped out both practice runs for the downhill, forcing back-to-back super-Gs to be held. Gut-behrami won the first race [34] and was second the next day behind Brignone in a race delayed repeatedly by fog, [35] moving Brignone past the still-absent Shiffrin into second place by 59 points, but still behind Gut-Behrami by 326 points. Shiffrin then announced that she would return for no more than three of the remaining six races in the season, meaning that she would not be able to catch Gut-Behrami, whom she congratulated for her "stunning" season, including five victories during Shiffrin's absence. [36] That left Brignone as the only remaining threat to Gut-Behrami, and she rose to the occasion: in the next race, a giant slalom at Åre, Brignone rallied from over a second down after the first run to post the fastest time on the second run and win, which allowed her to close within 286 points. [37] The next day, Shiffrin finally returned from her injury (after missing eleven races in total) and posted the fastest time on each leg of the slalom at Are, not only winning the race by over a second but also clinching her record-tying eighth victory in the discipline. [38]

Finals

The last events of the season are scheduled for the World Cup finals at Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria. This season, for the first time, the finals will take place over two weekends—16-17 March 2024 for the technical events and 22–24 March 2024 for the speed events—with the last race for the women (the downhill) taking place on Saturday, 23 March. Only the top 25 in each discipline and the winner of the Junior World Championship in each discipline are eligible to compete in the finals, with the exception that any skier who has scored at least 500 points in the overall classification is eligible to participate in any discipline, regardless of her standing in that discipline for the season.

After only 8 races, on 8 December, Shiffrin had reached the 500-point milestone for the season; by 27 January 2024 (24 races), eight skiers (Shiffrin, Vhlová, Gut-Behrami, Brignone, Goggia, Sara Hector (Sweden), Hütter, and Michelle Gisin (Switzerland)) had already reached that standard. Ultimately, heading into the finals after 35 races, 14 skiers had scored at least 500 points in all disciplines: the eight already named plus Marta Bassino (Italy), Stephanie Venier (Austria), Ragnhild Mowinckel (Norway), Alice Robinson (New Zealand). Zrinka Ljutić (Croatia), and Lena Dürr (Germany). At that point, the only skiers with points in all four disciplines were Brignone, Shiffrin, Gisin, and Emma Aicher (Germany).

In the first race in the new finals format, Shiffrin, who had already clinched the slalom discipline championship, won the slalom final for her 97th total World Cup victory (and 60th victory in slalom) in her final race of the season. [39] In the next race, giant slalom, Brignone began the day 282 points behind Gut-Behrami with only a maximum of 300 points left. Because of the special scoring rules for the finals, the only way for Brignone to win at least a share of the season title involved two steps: (1) Brignone winning all three of the remaining finals (worth 300 points), and (2) Gut-Behrami not finishing higher than 14th in any one race (worth 18 points) and not finishing in the top 15 in the other two (worth 0 points), giving both women a season total of 1,672 points. Brignone lived up to her part of the challenge, winning the first race by almost a second and a half. However, Gut-Behrami finished that final in 10th (worth 26 points), giving her the overall season championship (208 points ahead and only 200 points remaining). [3] Similarly, in Super-G, Brignone needed to finish at least second, with Gut-Behrami not finishing in the top eight, in order to come from behind in that discipline, and she did finish second . . . but Gut-Behrami finished seventh to hang on to that discipline title as well. [40]

However, in the last women's race at finals (downhill), Gut-Behrami's chance of winning four season titles (overall, super-G, giant slalom, and downhill) ended when she finished almost two seconds behind Cornelia Hütter, who began the race in fourth place in the season rankings, which surprisingly gave Hütter the downhill discipline crown. [41]

Standings

#Skier DH
8 races
SG
9 races
GS
11 races
SL
11 races
Total
FIS Crystal Globe.svg   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Lara Gut-Behrami 36957677101,716
2 Flag of Italy.svg Federica Brignone 28154675041,581
3 Flag of the United States.svg Mikaela Shiffrin 100504298301,409
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Sara Hector 00583339922
5 Flag of Austria.svg Cornelia Hütter 39751600913
6 Flag of Slovakia.svg Petra Vlhová 00297505802
7 Flag of Italy.svg Sofia Goggia 3502372050792
8  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Michelle Gisin 11616388418785
9 Flag of Italy.svg Marta Bassino 2362442590739
10 Flag of Austria.svg Stephanie Venier 34638000726
11 Flag of Norway.svg Ragnhild Mowinckel 2002472170664
12 Flag of New Zealand.svg Alice Robinson 231354920650
13 Flag of Croatia.svg Zrinka Ljutić 00239321560
14 Flag of Norway.svg Kajsa Vickhoff Lie 162337450544
15 Flag of Austria.svg Mirjam Puchner 25127800529
16 Flag of Germany.svg Lena Dürr 009508517
17 Flag of the United States.svg Paula Moltzan 00236237473
18 Flag of Austria.svg Katharina Liensberger 00122325447
19 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Valérie Grenier 60423270429
20  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Camille Rast 00122290412
21 Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Swenn-Larsson 000395395
22 Flag of Germany.svg Kira Weidle 16322100384
23 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ester Ledecká 8728700374
24 Flag of Norway.svg Mina Fürst Holtmann 00193179372
25 Flag of Norway.svg Thea Louise Stjernesund 0030762369
26  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Jasmine Flury 2759200367
27 Flag of Italy.svg Laura Pirovano 21614900365
28 Flag of Austria.svg Ariane Rädler 21115100362
29 Flag of Slovenia.svg Ilka Štuhec 2426000302
30 Flag of France.svg Laura Gauché 16113200293
31 Flag of Austria.svg Katharina Huber 000272272
32 Flag of the United States.svg AJ Hurt 0020266268
33 Flag of Austria.svg Franziska Gritsch 03016172263
34 Flag of France.svg Romane Miradoli 4721500262
35 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ali Nullmeyer 000246246
36 Flag of Austria.svg Christina Ager 1487800226
Flag of Austria.svg Julia Scheib 002260226
38  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Mélanie Meillard 0037187224
39  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Joana Hählen 1259400219
40 Flag of Italy.svg Nicol Delago 1982000218
41 Flag of Austria.svg Katharina Truppe 0015200215
42 Flag of Slovenia.svg Neja Dvornik 0055159214
43 Flag of the United States.svg Lauren Macuga 4216800210
44  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Priska Nufer 1485600204
45 Flag of Albania.svg Lara Colturi 0011586201
46 Flag of France.svg Clara Direz 001980198
47 Flag of the United States.svg Jacqueline Wiles 1841000194
48 Flag of Germany.svg Emma Aicher 55523153191
49 Flag of Austria.svg Stephanie Brunner 081763187
50 Flag of Croatia.svg Leona Popović 000183183
51 Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Melesi 798630168
52 Flag of Slovenia.svg Ana Bucik 008579164
53 Flag of Austria.svg Katharina Gallhuber 000162162
54 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Elvedina Muzaferija 698200151
55  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Corinne Suter 539600149
56 Flag of Latvia.svg Dženifera Ģērmane 000145145
57  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Wendy Holdener 0021114135
58 Flag of Poland.svg Maryna Gasienica-Daniel 030950125
59 Flag of Austria.svg Ricarda Haaser 627900123
60 Flag of Italy.svg Martina Peterlini 000116116
61 Flag of Slovenia.svg Andreja Slokar 000114114
62 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martina Dubovská 000113113
63 Flag of France.svg Chiara Pogneaux 000110110
64  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Delia Durrer 574800105
65 Flag of Norway.svg Kristin Lysdahl 00365187
66 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Britt Richardson 0085085
  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Jasmina Suter 47011085
68 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Laurence St. Germain 0008484
69 Flag of Italy.svg Teresa Runggaldier 50320082
70  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Nicole Good 0007979
Flag of the United States.svg Isabella Wright 51280079
72 Flag of Austria.svg Christine Scheyer 50240074
73 Flag of Italy.svg Marta Rossetti 0006767
74 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Amelia Smart 0006464
75 Flag of Austria.svg Elizabeth Kappaurer 0063063
76 Flag of France.svg Marie Lamure 0006060
Flag of Italy.svg Elisa Platino 0060060
  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Simone Wild 0060060
79 Flag of Poland.svg Magdalena Luczak 0052052
Flag of Sweden.svg Cornelia Öhlund 0005252
81 Flag of Italy.svg Lara Della Mea 0073744
Flag of France.svg Karen Smadja-Clément 11330044
83 Flag of Sweden.svg Estelle Alphand 00162743
84 Flag of Austria.svg Michaela Heider 0420042
Flag of Italy.svg Asja Zenere 0042042
86 Flag of Sweden.svg Hanna Aronsson Elfman 0004040
87 Flag of France.svg Marion Chevrier 0003939
Flag of Italy.svg Nadia Delago 3630039
89  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Stephanie Jenal 14220036
90 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cassidy Gray 0233035
91  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Elena Stoffel 0003434
92 Flag of Austria.svg Marie-Therese Sporer 0003333
Flag of Norway.svg Bianca Bakke Westhoff 0003333
94  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Noémie Kolly 13150028
95  Flag of Austria.svg Lena Wechner 3240027
96 Flag of Norway.svg Andrine Mårstøl 0002626
97 Flag of Austria.svg Sabrina Maier 2040024
Flag of Norway.svg Maria Therese Tviberg 0002424
99 Flag of France.svg Camille Cerutti 0230023
100 Flag of Sweden.svg Lisa Nyberg 0022022
101 Flag of France.svg Clarisse Brèche 0002121
Flag of Austria.svg Nadine Fest 2190021
103 Flag of the United States.svg Tricia Mangan 3170020
104 Flag of the United States.svg Keely Cashman 1270019
Flag of Austria.svg Michelle Niederwieser 1720019
106 Flag of Italy.svg Vicky Bernardi 3130016
Flag of Germany.svg Jessica Hilzinger 0001616
108 Flag of Sweden.svg Lisa Hörnblad 1130014
109 Flag of France.svg Caitlin McFarlane 008513
Flag of Italy.svg Vera Tschurtschenthaler 0001313
111 Flag of Sweden.svg Hilma Lövblom 0012012
112 Flag of Austria.svg Lisa Hörhager 0001010
Flag of Italy.svg Lucrezia Lorenzi 0001010
Flag of Austria.svg Emily Schöpf 1000010
115 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adriana Jelinkova 00909
116 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stefanie Fleckenstein 70007
117 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Madison Hoffman 00066
Flag of Norway.svg Marte Monsen 00606
  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Juliana Suter 15006
120 Flag of Japan.svg Asa Ando 00044
Flag of the United States.svg Lila Lapanja 00044
122 Flag of Austria.svg Elisabeth Reisinger 03003
123 Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Charlotte Lingg 00022
124 Flag of Finland.svg Erika Pykalainen 00101
Flag of Italy.svg Sara Thaler 01001

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's overall</span> Alpine ski discipline year standings

The women's overall competition in the 2023 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of 38 events in four disciplines: downhill (DH), super-G (SG), giant slalom (GS), and slalom (SL). 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) or due to bad weather (PAR). The original schedule called for 42 races, but in addition to the parallel, two downhills and a super-G were cancelled during the season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's giant slalom</span> Alpine ski discipline year standings

The women's giant slalom in the 2024 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup included eleven events, including the final. The season opened in Sölden, Austria on 28 October 2023. After an injury to defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States, the season championship became a battle between Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland and Federica Brignone of Italy, which went down to the last race of the season at the finals in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria before Gut-Behrami triumphed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's slalom</span> Alpine ski discipline year standings

The women's slalom in the 2024 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of eleven events, including the final. The slalom season began with the traditional "reindeer" opening races in Levi, Finland on 11-12 November 2023. Defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States repeated as champion, her eighth victory in the discipline, tying the record for most victories in one discipline.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's downhill</span> Alpine ski discipline year standings

The women's downhill in the 2024 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of eight events, including the final. The tentative schedule called for eleven events, but a new event, the team combined, which was scheduled for 16 February 2024 in Crans Montana, was cancelled and converted into an additional downhill on the final schedule, increasing the planned schedule to twelve. However, as discussed below in the season summary, cancellations reduced that number during the season. The season champion was Cornelia Hütter of Austria, ending a string of three straight season triumphs by Sofia Goggia of Italy, who was injured just after the midpoint of the season but still finished third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's super-G</span> Alpine ski discipline year standings

The women's super-G in the 2023 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of nine events, including the final. One super-G on 10 December in St. Moritz was canceled, but it was rescheduled as a second super-G in Zauchensee on 12 January. As discussed in the season summary below, three more cancellations took place during February, reducing the season to eight races, but one downhill was then converted to a super-G to produce the final total of nine.

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