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2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's slalom

2025 Women's Slalom World Cup
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The women's slalom in the 2025 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of ten events, including the final.[1] The slalom season began with the traditional "reindeer" opening race in Levi, Finland on 16 November 2024. Two-time discipline champion Petra Vlhová of Slovakia was expected to miss the entire season with an injury suffered in January 2024, and she did, which left eight-time discipline champion and two-time defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States without her main rival. However, Shiffrin then was seriously injured before the second race of the season and missed multiple events before returning at less than full strength, leaving the field wide open. The season came down to finals before 20-year-old Zrinka Ljutić of Croatia emerged victorious over 2021 discipline champion Katharina Liensberger of Austria.

The season was interrupted for the Alpine Skiing World Championships, this time in Saalbach, Austria during 4–16 February 2025.[2] The championship in women's slalom took place on Saturday, 15 February, and was won by the season's discipline leader at the time, Camille Rast of Switzerland, with her countrywoman Wendy Holdener placing second.

Season summary

Picking up where she left off, defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States won the season-opening slalom in Levi, Finland (and the baby reindeer that comes with the victory) for the eighth time in her career, giving her an all-time record 98 total victories in World Cup skiing.[3] Shiffrin then won another slalom, her 99th World Cup victory, the very next week in Gurgl, Austria ahead of rising star (and first-time World Cup podium occupant) Lara Colturi of Albania, who just turned 18 the prior week and is the daughter of 2002 Olympic super-G gold medalist Daniela Ceccarelli, and 25-year-old Swiss skier (and fellow first-time podium occupant) Camille Rast of Switzerland.[4] However, Shiffrin was injured during a giant slalom run at Killington and had to miss the slalom there the next day.[5] The injury was eventually diagnosed as an abdominal puncture wound (which could not be stitched up due to the possibility of infection) combined with "severe muscle trauma", and she was anticipated to miss at least the next two weeks.[6] However, Shiffrin then had to undergo abdominal surgery to clean out the wound and old scar tissue, perhaps delaying her return to competition until the World Championships in February.[7]

In the first race without Shiffrin, Rast, who had posted her second-straight World Cup podium the day before, rallied from third on the second leg to post her first World Cup victory and take the lead in both the discipline and overall for the season.[8] Surprisingly, the next two slaloms were both won by another rising star (and previous non-winner), 20-year-old Zrinka Ljutić of Croatia, one just before New Year's Day and one just after (in which she edged veteran star Wendy Holdener of Switzerland on the second run), propelling her into the season lead in the discipline by just four points over Rast.[9][10] In the next slalom at Flachau (Austria), Ljutic failed to qualify for the second run, and Rast charged from eighth after the first run to edge out Holdener for the win and to take over both the lead in the discipline and the overall lead for the World Cup season.[11]

At long last, Shiffrin announced her upcoming return at the slalom in Courcheval, France on 30 January, a full nine weeks after her injury and less than a week before the start of the world championships.[12] At Courcheval, Ljutić posted her third slalom victory of the season, making her the first woman other than Schiffrin or Vhlová to win three slaloms in one season since Marlies Schild of Austria in 2012, while Shiffrin finished tenth in her return.[13] In the World Championships, Rast posted the best time in the first run and Holdener posted the best time in the second run for a 1-2 Swiss finish, with the home country's Katharina Liensberger nipping Americans Paula Moltzan and Shiffrin to claim the bronze.[14] After another week to build strength, though, Shiffrin turned a slight lead over Ljutić after the first run into a wide victory on the second run, giving her a third victory for the season -- and an all-time record 100 World Cup victories in Alpine skiing overall (and tying the all-time record of 155 podium finishes that had been held by Ingemar Stenmark, whom she had previously passed for most victories), while Ljutić edged past Rast for the season lead with only two races remaining in the discipline.[15][16] At Åre, 29-year-old Katharina Truppe of Austria recorded her first World Cup victory in come-from-behind fashion, while first-run leader Shiffrin held on for third and thus broke the all-time World Cup podium record.[17]

Finals

The World Cup finals in the discipline took place on Thursday, 27 March 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho, United States.[18] Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup slalom discipline and the winner of the Junior World Championship in the discipline (Cornelia Öhlund of Sweden), plus any skiers who have scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification for the season, were eligible to compete in the final, and only the top 15 earned World Cup points. As Öhlund was already among the top 25, no 500+ point skiers who were not otherwise eligible chose to enter, and only one eligible skier (Clarisse Brèche of France) missed the race due to injury, the starting field consisted of 24 skiers.

Coming into the finals, Ljutić held a 41-point lead over Rast, a 51-point lead over Liensberger, and a 96-point lead over Holdener; the four of them were the only four still in contention for the discipline title. The race itself was no contest, as Shiffrin, now much further along in her recovery and in front of a supportive home crowd (including a number of girls dressed as Dalmatians, because Shiffrin was seeking win number 101) blew out the field by over a second; meanwhile, Ljutić's 10th-place finish, worth 26 points, beat Rast head-to-head and earned enough points that neither Liensberger nor Holdener could catch her, giving Ljutić her first discipline championship.[19]

Standings

Venue
16 Nov 2024
Levi
23 Nov 2024
Gurgl
1 Dec 2024
Killington
29 Dec 2024
Semmering
5 Jan 2025
Kranjska Gora
14 Jan 2025
Flachau
30 Jan 2025
Courchevel
15 Feb 2025
Saalbach

WC
23 Feb 2025
Sestriere
9 Mar 202
Åre
27 Mar 2025
Sun Valley
# Skier Finland Austria United States Austria Slovenia Austria France Austria Italy Sweden United States Total
Croatia Zrinka Ljutić 40 29 40 100 100 DNQ 100 ⑨ 80 26 26 541
2 Austria Katharina Liensberger 80 36 29 60 29 50 50 ③ 50 80 45 509
3  Switzerland  Camille Rast 45 60 100 50 50 100 45 ① DNF1 24 18 492
4 United States Mikaela Shiffrin 100 100 DNS 26 ⑤ 100 60 100 486
5 Germany Lena Dürr 60 45 50 80 DNF1 26 60 ⑧ 36 36 80 473
6  Switzerland  Wendy Holdener 15 50 80 40 80 80 DNF2 ② 29 45 50 469
7 Sweden Anna Swenn-Larsson 50 16 80 DNQ 60 36 7 DNF1 32 50 16 347
8  Switzerland  Mélanie Meillard 36 26 45 36 45 45 36 DNF2 5 DNF2 36 310
9 Sweden Sara Hector 12 32 22 45 40 60 80 DNF2 14 DSQ1 0 305
10 Albania Lara Colturi DNF2 80 32 18 20 20 40 DNF1 20 22 24 276
11 United States Paula Moltzan 32 40 DNF2 DNF1 11 40 DNF1 ④ 60 40 40 263
12 Slovenia Andreja Slokar DNF2 22 26 29 36 DSQ1 29 ⑥ 26 32 60 260
13 Austria Katharina Truppe 12 DNF2 24 20 32 DNF1 24 ⑦ 22 100 DNF1 234
14 Austria Katharina Huber DNF2 22 20 26 24 16 32 ⑭ 13 14 22 189
15 Norway  Mina Fürst Holtmann DNF1 7 18 16 18 29 12 DNF2 16 16 32 164
16 Sweden Cornelia Öhlund 14 18 7 15 15 22 DNF1 ⑪ 45 20 0 156
17 Germany Emma Aicher 29 DNF1 DNF2 32 DNF2 32 DNF1 DNF1 40 DNF1 20 153
18 Canada Laurence St. Germain 26 24 36 7 DNS 24 DNQ DNF1 4 DNQ 0 121
19 France Marie Lamure 24 DNQ 14 11 26 DNF1 13 ⑫ 12 DNF2 DSQ1 100
20 Slovenia Neja Dvornik 16 12 13 DNF2 14 10 14 DNF1 6 10 0 95
21 Sweden Hanna Aronsson Elfman 18 DNF1 10 14 DNQ 6 22 ⑰ 9 15 0 94
22 Canada Ali Nullmeyer DNF2 13 DSQ1 DNS 20 DNF2 24 DNQ 29 86
23 Italy Martina Peterlini 14 11 DSQ2 DNF2 7 12 16 ㉒ 12 12 DSQ1 84
24 France Clarisse Brèche 22 8 5 8 4 18 DNF1 DNS 65
25 Italy Lara Della Mea DNF1 DNF2 DNQ DNQ DNQ 15 9 ⑬ 10 18 0 52
26 Italy Marta Rossetti DNQ DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF2 DNF2 ⑮ 15 32 NE 47
Slovenia Ana Bucik Jogan 9 DNQ DNF1 10 DNQ DNF1 10 ⑱ 8 10 NE 47
28  Switzerland  Eliane Christen DNS DNQ 22 16 DNQ 6 DNF1 DNQ DNQ NE 44
United States AJ Hurt DNS 13 DNF2 DNF2 DNF1 ⑲ 20 11 NE 44
30 Austria Franziska Gritsch DNQ DNQ 6 24 12 DNQ DNQ DNS DNQ DNQ NE 42
31 Austria Katharina Gallhuber 6 15 DNF1 DNS DNF2 DNF1 7 13 NE 41
32 Czech Republic Martina Dubovská DNF2 9 DNF2 12 8 DNF2 DNQ ⑯ DNQ 7 NE 36
33  Switzerland  Aline Höpli DNQ DNF1 16 DNQ DNQ 7 11 DNS DNQ DNF1 NE 34
34 Sweden Estelle Alphand DNQ 14 DNQ DNQ 5 13 DNQ DNS DNQ DNQ NE 32
Canada Amelia Smart 8 DNQ DNQ 4 DNQ 14 DSQ1 DNF1 DNQ 6 NE 32
36  Switzerland  Michelle Gisin 7 DNQ 12 DNS 3 8 DNS NE 30
37 France Chiara Pogneaux DNQ 5 11 6 6 DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNQ DNF1 NE 28
38 Croatia Leona Popović 20 6 DNQ DNS NE 26
France Marion Chevrier DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ 18 ⑩ DNQ 8 NE 26
40 Austria Lisa Hörhager DNF1 DNQ 9 DSQ1 DNQ DNQ 15 DNS DNF1 DNQ NE 24
41 United States Katie Hensien DNF1 DNF2 DNQ DNS 22 DNF1 DNF1 DNF1 DNF1 DNF2 NE 22
42 Germany Jessica Hilzinger DNQ DNQ 8 DNQ 10 DNQ DNQ DNF1 2 DNQ NE 20
43 Norway  Thea Louise Stjernesund DNQ DNQ DNF1 9 DNQ DNF2 8 DNF1 DNQ DNQ NE 17
44 Italy Giorgia Collomb DNQ DSQ2 15 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ ㉑ DNQ DNS NE 15
 Switzerland  Janine Mächler DNQ DNQ DNS 5 7 DNS NE 15
46  Switzerland  Elena Stoffel DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNF1 13 DNQ DNF1 DNS DNQ DNQ NE 13
47 United States Nina O'Brien DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 11 DNS DNF1 DNF1 NE 11
48 Latvia Dženifera Ģērmane 10 DNF1 DNS NE 10
Italy Beatrice Sola DNQ 10 DNF1 DNS NE 10
50 France Caitlin McFarlane DNF1 DNQ DNF1 DNQ DNQ 9 DNF1 DNS DNQ DNF1 NE 9
51 Japan Asa Ando DNS DNF1 DNQ DNF2 DNS DNF1 1 5 NE 6
52  Switzerland  Aline Danioth DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNF2 DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNS 4 DNF1 NE 4
Italy Emilia Mondinelli DNS DNF1 DNS DNQ 4 NE 4
References [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]

Legend

  •   Winner (100 points)
  •   2nd place (80 points)
  •   3rd place (60 points)
  • DNQ = Did not qualify for run 2
  • DNF1 = Did not finish run 1
  • DSQ1 = Disqualified run 1
  • DNF2 = Did not finish run 2
  • DSQ2 = Disqualified run 2
  • DNS2 = Did not start run 2
  •   Did not start (DNS)
  •   Not eligible for finals (NE)
  •   Race canceled (x)
  •   FIS non-World Cup race (World Championships)
  • Updated on 27 March 2025, after all 10 events plus worlds.[31]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "FIS ALPINE WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS SAALBACH 2025". Retrieved 7 November 2024.
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