2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall
The men's overall in the 2024 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup is currently scheduled to consist of 38 events in four disciplines: downhill (DH) (9 races), super-G (SG) (7 races), giant slalom (GS) (11 races), and slalom (SL) (11 races). The season was originally scheduled with 45 events, but the first three events of the season (a giant slalom on the glacier at Sölden and two downhills on the Matterhorn) were cancelled due to high winds and heavy snowfall.[1][2] The cancelled giant slalom was subsequently rescheduled for Aspen on 1 March,[3] and one of the canceled races from Zermatt-Cervinia (the Matterhorn) was rescheduled to Val Gardena/Gröden on 12 December. As discussed under "Season Summary" below, there were additional cancellations and reschedulings after the opening races.
2024 Men's Overall World Cup
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As is the case every fourth year, there are no other major FIS events (world championships or Olympics) taking place during this season.[4] The fifth and sixth current FIS 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 20 January 2024 at Kitzbühel), was also eliminated and replaced with an additional downhill.[4] Thus, for the second straight season, only the four major disciplines will be contested.
Season summary edit
Because of the three straight cancellations to start the season, the only race held before December 2023 was a slalom at Gurgl, won by the Austrian skier Manuel Feller, who thus held the overall lead. The next three races after that, speed events scheduled for Beaver Creek in the U.S., were also cancelled due to high winds and heavy snowfall, bringing the total to six cancellations with only one race held.[5] When the second race was finally contested, all-discipline skier (and 2021 slalom champion) Marco Schwarz of Austria took over the overall lead by finishing second again, with Feller in second overall.[6] However, the very next race, a slalom, was again cancelled due to overnight rains followed by new snow and high winds, bringing the number of cancelled races to seven (and now including each of the four disciplines).[7]
The first speed races were finally held on 14–16 December, and the "battle of the Marcos" was finally underway. Swiss two-time defending overall champion Marco Odermatt's two third-place finishes in the first two speed races propelled him past Schwarz, who only managed a fifth, and into the overall lead by 15 points.[8] At Alta Badia, Odermatt extended his dominance in giant slalom to six in a row, winning both races and jumping out to a lead over Schwarz of 92 points, with everyone else at least 250 points down.[9] However, Schwarz's victory in the next race, a slalom (the only discipline in which Odermatt does not compete) moved Schwarz into the overall lead for the season by 8 points.[10] In the very next race, a downhill in Bormio, the "Battle of the Marcos" came to an end for the season, when Schwarz suffered a season-ending knee injury, while Odermatt finished second and reclaimed the lead.[11] Odermatt's victory in a super-G the next day gave him the season lead in every discipline except slalom and a lead of almost 400 points over his closest competitor who was still active, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway.[12] Odermatt continued his season-long giant slalom winning streak at Adelboden, extending his lead over Kilde to over 400 points.[13]
The men's tour then headed to the classic courses of Wengen for the Lauberhorn races (two downhills, a super-G, and a slalom) and Kitzbühel for the Hahnenkamm races (two downhills and a slalom). In Wengen, Odermatt increased his lead by winning both downhills and finishing second in the super-G, but the bigger news were season-ending crashes for two former overall season champions: first, in the super-G, Alexis Pinturault of France,[14] and then, in the second downhill, Kilde, which put the second of Odermatt's main rivals out for the season and left Cyprien Sarrazin of France, a former giant slalom skier turned speed specialist, in second place among Odermatt's still-active rivals.[15] In the five speed races in Wengen and Kitzbühel, Sarrazin won three and finished second in the other two, drawing him to within 500 points of Odermatt – but no closer, because Odermatt won the other two, finished second twice and third once, thus allowing Sarrazin an overall gain of only 40 points.[16] When Odermatt won the super-G at Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Sarrazin failed to finish, Odermatt's lead over Sarrazin in the overall championship went back over 600 points.[17] Odermatt also won the giant slalom at Bansko,[18] while the slalom scheduled the next day was rained out and not rescheduled.[19]
Unfortunately for Sarrazin, he then became the latest skier to suffer an injury, this time in training, which forced him to miss at least the next two speed races on the World Cup circuit and for all intents and purposes ended his chances to catch Odermatt.[20] After the races in Kvitfjell, with only 11 races (maximum 1,100 points) remaining in the season, Odermatt held a lead of over 900 points against all competitors.[21]. When Odermatt then won the next race, a giant slalom at Palisades Tahoe, USA (his 10th consecutive victory in the discipline), he clinched the overall championship for the season -- his third straight -- with a month (10 races) still to go.[22]
Finals edit
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 men (the downhill) taking place on Sunday, 24 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 his standing in that discipline for the season. Due to the reduced field, only the top 15 in each discipline will earn World Cup points.
Standings edit
| # | Skier | DH 8 races | SG 6 races | GS 7 races | SL 8 races | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Odermatt | 552 | 450 | 700 | 0 | 1,702 | |
| 2 | Manuel Feller | 0 | 0 | 211 | 590 | 801 |
| 3 | Cyprien Sarrazin | 510 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 684 |
| 4 | Vincent Kriechmayr | 298 | 369 | 0 | 0 | 667 |
| 5 | Loïc Meillard | 0 | 116 | 208 | 259 | 583 |
| 6 | Henrik Kristoffersen | 0 | 0 | 298 | 263 | 561 |
| 7 | Dominik Paris | 342 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 499 |
| 8 | Marco Schwarz | 29 | 45 | 210 | 180 | 464 |
| 9 | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde | 220 | 120 | 100 | 0 | 440 |
| 10 | Linus Straßer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 386 | 386 |
| 11 | Nils Allègre | 201 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 372 |
| 12 | Filip Zubčić | 0 | 0 | 314 | 56 | 370 |
| 13 | Timon Haugan | 0 | 0 | 58 | 310 | 368 |
| 14 | Raphael Haaser | 23 | 251 | 85 | 0 | 359 |
| 15 | Clément Noël | 0 | 0 | 0 | 352 | 352 |
| 16 | Atle Lie McGrath | 0 | 0 | 133 | 215 | 348 |
| 17 | Alexander Steen Olsen | 0 | 0 | 247 | 72 | 319 |
| 18 | Justin Murisier | 139 | 119 | 57 | 0 | 315 |
| 19 | Mattia Casse | 185 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 308 |
| 20 | Ryan Cochran-Siegle | 208 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 306 |
| 21 | Cameron Alexander | 205 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 301 |
| 22 | James Crawford | 152 | 126 | 15 | 0 | 293 |
| 23 | Daniel Yule | 0 | 0 | 0 | 285 | 285 |
| Zan Kranjec | 0 | 0 | 285 | 0 | 285 | |
| 25 | Bryce Bennett | 257 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 280 |
| 26 | Guglielmo Bosca | 55 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 277 |
| 27 | Niels Hintermann | 229 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 260 |
| 28 | Stefan Rogentin | 104 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 248 |
| 29 | River Radamus | 0 | 46 | 184 | 12 | 242 |
| 30 | Stefan Babinsky | 109 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 237 |
| 31 | Dave Ryding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 236 | 236 |
| 32 | Franjo von Allmen | 103 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 231 |
| 33 | Jeffrey Read | 52 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 210 |
| 34 | Alexis Pinturault | 38 | 31 | 130 | 0 | 199 |
| 35 | Kristoffer Jakobsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 197 |
| 36 | Florian Schieder | 194 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 196 |
| 37 | Marc Rochat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 194 | 194 |
| 38 | Alex Vinatzer | 0 | 0 | 93 | 100 | 193 |
| 39 | Gino Caviezel | 0 | 60 | 128 | 0 | 188 |
| 40 | Adrian Smiseth Sejersted | 65 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 183 |
| 41 | Arnaud Boisset | 56 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 179 |
| 42 | Fabio Gstrein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 168 |
| 43 | Dominik Raschner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 166 |
| 44 | Steven Amiez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 154 |
| 45 | Thomas Tumler | 0 | 0 | 153 | 0 | 153 |
| 46 | Alexander Schmid | 0 | 0 | 146 | 0 | 146 |
| 47 | Joan Verdú | 0 | 0 | 141 | 0 | 141 |
| 48 | Samuel Kolega | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 134 |
| 49 | Blaise Giezendanner | 100 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 126 |
| 50 | Michael Matt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 124 |
| Jared Goldberg | 70 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 124 | |
| 52 | Tommaso Sala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 121 |
| 53 | Daniel Hemetsberger | 26 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
| 54 | Alexis Monney | 99 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 118 |
| 55 | Albert Popov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 111 |
| 56 | Stefan Brennsteiner | 0 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 110 |
| 57 | Daniel Danklmaier | 56 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 109 |
| 58 | Johannes Strolz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 107 |
| 59 | Luca Aerni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 102 |
| 60 | Maxence Muzaton | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 |
| 61 | Adrien Théaux | 79 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 99 |
| Otmar Striedinger | 78 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 99 | |
| 63 | Thibaut Favrot | 0 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 98 |
| Sam Maes | 0 | 0 | 73 | 25 | 98 | |
| 65 | Christof Innerhofer | 69 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
| 66 | Giovanni Borsotti | 0 | 9 | 86 | 0 | 95 |
| 67 | Elian Lehto | 73 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 94 |
| 68 | Sam Morse | 59 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
| 69 | Filippo Della Vite | 0 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 87 |
| 70 | AJ Ginnis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 86 |
| 71 | Matthieu Bailet | 83 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
| Nils Alphand | 65 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
| 73 | Marco Kohler | 58 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| 74 | Rasmus Windingstad | 0 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 81 |
| 75 | Miha Hrobat | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| Simon Jocher | 33 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 80 | |
| 77 | Sebastian Holzmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 79 |
| 78 | Lukas Feurstein | 0 | 48 | 26 | 0 | 74 |
| 79 | Istok Rodeš | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 69 |
| 80 | Léo Anguenot | 0 | 0 | 61 | 5 | 66 |
| 81 | Ramon Zenhäusern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 65 |
| 82 | Pietro Zazzi | 22 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| Tommy Ford | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 64 | |
| 84 | Luca De Aliprandini | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 59 |
| 85 | Andreas Sander | 46 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| 86 | Romed Baumann | 45 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| 87 | Tanguy Nef | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 53 |
| 88 | Patrick Feurstein | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 51 |
| 89 | Billy Major | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 48 |
| 90 | Adrian Pertl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 47 |
| 91 | Kyle Negomir | 13 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 92 | Josua Mettler | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 93 | Tobias Kastlunger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 42 |
| 94 | Fadri Janutin | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 40 |
| 95 | Wiley Maple | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| 96 | Erik Read | 0 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 37 |
| 97 | Livio Simonet | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 33 |
| 98 | Paco Rassat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 99 | Stefano Gross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 100 | Hannes Zingerle | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 29 |
| 101 | Christian Borgnæs | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| Christoph Krenn | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 | |
| 103 | Christopher Neumayer | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Armand Marchant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26 | |
| 105 | Fredrik Møller | 1 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 25 |
| 106 | Gilles Roulin | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Sebastian Foss-Solevåg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 | |
| 108 | Josef Ferstl | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 109 | Sandro Zurbrügg | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| Thomas Dreßen | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| 111 | Noel Zwischenbrugger | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Juan del Campo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | |
| 113 | Benjamin Ritchie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| Jett Seymour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 | |
| 115 | Dominik Schwaiger | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Anton Tremmel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 | |
| 117 | Joshua Sturm | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 118 | Eirik Hystad Solberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Seigo Kato | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 13 | |
| 120 | Laurie Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 121 | Jan Zabystřan | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Fabian Ax Swartz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | |
| Florian Loriot | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| 124 | Victor Muffat-Jeandet | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 125 | Mathieu Faivre | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Lars Rösti | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| 1270 | Andrej Drukarov | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Anton Grammel | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Brodie Seger | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 130 | Hugo Desgrippes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Andreas Ploier | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Patrick Kenney | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Andreas Žampa | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| 134 | Joaquim Salarich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Martin Čater | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Theodor Brækken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| 137 | Mattias Rönngren | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Fabian Gratz | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Giovanni Franzoni | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 140 | Riley Seger | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Albert Ortega | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Simon Rüland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 143 | Sam Alphand | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| George Steffey | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jonas Stockinger | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 146 | Adrien Fresquet | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 147 | Luis Vogt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Alexander | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- Leader
- 2nd place
- 3rd place
- Updated on 25 February 2024, after 29 events and 9 cancellations[23]
See also edit
- 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's summary rankings
- 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill
- 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G
- 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom
- 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom
- 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's overall
- World Cup scoring system
References edit
- ^ Willemsen, Eric (29 October 2023). "Wind cancels men's World Cup season opener after 47 starters with Austrian skier Schwarz leading". AP News. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ Associated Press (12 November 2023). "World Cup downhill ski race at Matterhorn mountain canceled because of snow and strong winds". Washington Post. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ Thatcher, Leslie (22 November 2023). "FIS reschedules opening GS race to Aspen". KPCW. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ a b Poggi, Alessandro (16 October 2023). "2023/2024 FIS alpine ski World Cup season preview: Mikaela Shiffrin and Marco Odermatt seek title defence". olympics.com. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ Staff (3 December 2023). "Alpine skiing-Weather wipes out World Cup weekend events at Beaver Creek". Microsoft Start. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ AFP (9 December 2023). "Dominant Odermatt wins giant slalom opener in Val d'Isere". MSN.com. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ Associated Press (10 December 2023). "World Cup men's slalom canceled because of snow and rain at Val d'Isere in French Alps". MSN.com. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ AFP (15 December 2023). "'Angry' Kriechmayr edges super-G at Val Gardena". MSN.com. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ Associated Press (18 December 2023). "Olympic, world champion Odermatt wins back-to-back giant slaloms in Alta Badia". CBC.ca. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ ESPN (22 December 2023). "Austria's Marco Schwarz tops overall, slalom standings after win". MSN.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ ESPN (28 December 2023). "World Cup leader Marco Schwarz out for year after crash". MSN.com. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ Associated Press (29 December 2023). "Marco Odermatt continues super-G dominance with clear victory in year-ending World Cup ski race". MSN.com. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ Sportsbeat (6 January 2024). "MARCO ODERMATT CONTINUES PERFECT GIANT SLALOM START TO DOMINATE ALPINE SKIING SEASON WITH HOME WIN IN ADELBODEN". Eurosport. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ ESPN (16 January 2024). "Skier Alexis Pinturault to have surgery after World Cup crash". MSN.com. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ Associated Press (13 January 2024). "Odermatt edges Sarrazin in World Cup downhill marred by serious crash for Kilde". AP News. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ Associated Press (21 January 2024). "French skier Sarrazin claims 2nd Kitzbuhel downhill triumph in 2 days". CBC. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ Associated Press (28 January 2024). "Swiss ski star Marco Odermatt dominates World Cup super-G to match Bode Miller's tally of 33 wins". Newsday. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ Associated Press (10 February 2024). "Olympic and world champion Odermatt extends men's giant slalom win streak to 9". CBC.ca. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ Associated Press (11 February 2024). "Heavy rain wipes out World Cup slalom after 31 starters with Olympic champ Noel leading". CBC. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ Agence France-Presse\AFP (16 February 2024). "Le skieur Cyprien Sarrazin, victime d'une chute, est forfait pour la descente à Kvitfjell". Le Monde. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ AFP (18 February 2024). "Kriechmayr wins shortened super-G as Odermatt closes on title". MSN.com. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ Associated Press (24 February 2024). "Odermatt wins third straight World Cup overall title as Radamus makes podium". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Official FIS men's season standings". fis-ski.com. FIS. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
External links edit
- Alpine skiing at FIS website