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2025 Men's Slalom World Cup
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The men's slalom in the 2025 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of twelve events, including the discipline final. The discipline opened the season in Levi, Finland, the first time that the men have raced there since before the pandemic (November 2019). Interestingly, with the return from retirement of Marcel Hirscher and Lucas Braathen, all of the discipline champions for the past 12 years are competing: Hirscher (6 discipline titles: 2013-15, 2017–19), Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway (3 titles: 2016, 2020, 2022), Marco Schwarz of Austria (1 title, 2021, but who did not return from an injury suffered in September until mid-December), Braathen (1 title, 2023), and defending champion Manuel Feller of Austria (1 title, 2024). Kristoffersen proved to be the only former champion in the mix for the season championship, and he held on through finals to claim the crystal globe for the discipline over Switzerland's Loïc Meillard.

The season was interrupted for the Alpine Skiing World Championships, this time in Saalbach, Austria during 4–16 February 2025.[1] The championship in men's slalom was as the last skiing event of the championships, on Sunday, 16 February; Meillard finished a great run of success for the Swiss with a victory, his second gold and third medal of the championships . . . and the first win by a Swiss man in the slalom at the world championships since 1950.[2]

Season summary

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In the opener at Levi, 2022 Olympic slalom gold medalist Clément Noël of France defeated all of the former champions for only his second victory on the World Cup circuit since the Olympics, chased most closely by Kristofferson, who posted the fastest second run.[3] Noël then followed up that victory one week later at Gurgl, Austria, when he took a commanding lead after the first run and maintained the edge for his second straight win, with Kristoffersen the best placed of the former champions in sixth.[4] Noël missed the next race due to injury, however, as did Hirscher (who suffered a season-ending injury, stopping his comeback), and after an almost two-year victory drought, Kristoffersen won the next slalom in Val d'Isére (France) to take over the lead in the discipline.[5] The next race was the last of four straight races (one in each discipline) in northern Italy prior to Christmas, and Norway's Timon Haugan won in dominating fashion, with his teammate Kristoffersen (fourth) retaining the discipline lead.[6]

In the first slalom in 2025, a night slalom held in Italy, Albert Popov of Bulgaria posted the top time in the second run and rose from eighth after the first run to record Bulgaria's second-ever World Cup victory (the first was also a slalom, exactly 45 years earlier (8 January 1980) by Petar Popangelov); meanwhile, Loïc Meillard of Switzerland was runner-up for the second consecutive slalom and edged Kristoffersen for the season lead.[7] However, when Meillard failed to finish the first run in the next race at Adelboden (Switzerland), Noël's third victory of the season and Kristoffersen's podium finish (third) moved both of them ahead of him.[8] In the last race before the world championships, a night slalom at Schlamding, Austria, Haugan came from second after the first run to pick up his second win of the season, and once again his countryman Kristoffersen took over the discipline lead in a race that he won.[9]

At the world championships, Loïc Meillard of Switzerland, ranked third in the discipline for the season, picked up his first win of the season, followed closely by Atle Lie McGrath of Norway, with Germany's Linus Straßer in third.[2] However, once the World Cup season resumed, Kristoffersen claimed his second victory of the season at Kranjska Gora and stretched his discipline lead to 77 points over Noël.[10] But Meillard won the last race before finals at Hafjell, Norway (a day after winning the giant slalom on the same hill), with Kristoffersen fifth and Noël seventh, moving Meillard into second place in the discipline, 47 points behind Kristoffersen and 39 points ahead of Noël, leaving them as the only three potential discipline winners for the season.[11]

Finals

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The World Cup finals in the discipline took place on Thursday, 27 March 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho, United States.[12] Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup slalom discipline and the winner of the Junior World Championship in the discipline (Theodor Brækken of Norway), 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. But no 500+ point skiers who weren't otherwise eligible chose to enter, and no eligible skier dropped out due to injury, so the starting field was 26 (including Brækken).

For Meillard to overtake Kristoffersen, he needed to finish no worse than fourth, and for all intents and purposes, the drama concerning the discipline winner ended after the first run, when Meillard finished over 1.5 seconds behind the leader and almost that far behind Kristoffersen. Even though Meillard recovered to post the fastest second-run time, he still finished just behind Kristoffersen in 5th, with Kristoffersen 4th, and had to settle for second place on the season; the race itself was decided by only 0.03 seconds in favor of Haugan over Noël, permitting Haugan to claim third for the season by three points over Noël (but still one point behind Meillard for second).[13] In an illustration of the importance of high finishes, Noël won four races and Haugan three, while Kristoffersen only won two and Meillard one -- but Noël's podium in the finals was his only non-winning podium of the season (and no fourths or fifths), and Haugan only had two (and one fourth but no fifths), while Kristoffersen had three (plus two fourths and two fifths) and Meillard had four (plus one fourth and four fifths).

Standings

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Venue
17 Nov 2024
Levi
24 Nov 2024
Gurgl
15 Dec 2024
Val d'Isère
23 Dec 2024
Alta Badia
11 Jan 2025
Adelboden
19 Jan 2025
Wengen
26 Jan 2025
Kitzbühel
29 Jan 2025
Schladming
16 Feb 2025
Saalbach

WC
2 Mar 2025
Kranjska Gora
16 Mar 2025
Hafjell
27 Mar 2025
Sun Valley
# Skier Finland Austria France Italy Italy Switzerland Switzerland Austria Austria Austria Slovenia Norway United States Total
Norway  Henrik Kristoffersen 80 40 100 50 45 60 60 DNF1 32 ⑬ 100 45 50 662
2  Switzerland  Loïc Meillard 60 45 60 80 80 DNF1 45 DNF2 45 ① 50 100 45 610
3 Norway  Timon Haugan 18 29 32 100 DNF1 20 80 DNF2 100 ⑤ 80 50 100 609
4 France Clément Noël 100 100 DNS 40 DNF1 100 24 100 DNF2 DNF2 26 36 80 606
5 Norway  Atle Lie McGrath 22 60 80 60 DNF2 DNF1 100 DNF2 40 ② 32 80 DNF1 474
6 Brazil Lucas Pinheiro Braathen 50 DNF1 50 22 29 80 22 60 DNF1 ⑬ DNF1 60 DSQ2 373
7 Austria Fabio Gstrein DNF1 29 13 DNF1 26 45 18 32 60 ⑪ 36 40 60 359
8  Switzerland  Tanguy Nef 45 9 DNF2 9 16 32 50 36 24 ⑨ 45 32 29 327
9 Austria Manuel Feller DNF2 DNF1 50 36 DNF2 DNF2 32 29 80 ④ 60 DNF1 18 305
Germany Linus Straßer 36 DNQ DNF2 DNF2 40 50 20 45 50 ③ DNF1 24 40 305
11 France Steven Amiez 40 50 DNF2 DNF2 50 40 14 4 36 ⑦ 8 DNF1 26 268
12 Bulgaria Albert Popov 13 13 DNF2 26 100 15 26 18 DNF2 ⑱ 18 DNF2 0 229
13 Croatia Samuel Kolega 29 15 40 45 60 DNF1 8 6 11 ⑩ DNF2 12 DNF2 226
14  Switzerland  Daniel Yule 9 20 11 29 36 22 40 24 18 DNF2 DNF2 8 0 217
15 United Kingdom Dave Ryding 15 36 29 32 18 4 12 15 15 ⑥ 7 14 0 197
16 Sweden Kristoffer Jakobsen 24 80 DNF1 DNF1 DNF1 9 11 50 DNF1 DNF1 14 DNF1 DNF2 188
17 United States Benjamin Ritchie 20 10 DNF1 DNQ 32 10 13 10 29 DNF1 DNF1 22 36 178
18 Italy Alex Vinatzer DNF1 14 26 DNF1 DSQ1 3 DNQ 80 22 DNF2 29 DNS 0 174
19 France Victor Muffat-Jeandet DNQ DNQ 15 DNQ 11 24 DNQ 12 13 ⑰ 40 22 32 169
20 Croatia Filip Zubčić 26 DNQ 8 11 DNQ 36 9 26 12 DNF2 6 DNF1 20 154
21 Belgium Armand Marchant DNQ 24 24 DNF1 DNF1 12 16 DNF1 26 DNS2 20 9 22 153
22 Austria Dominik Raschner 15 22 DNF2 DNF1 20 DNF2 15 22 DSQ1 ⑧ 16 DNF1 24 134
23 France Paco Rassat DNF1 18 DNF1 18 22 DNF1 29 16 20 DNF1 DNF1 DNF1 DNF2 123
24 Austria Johannes Strolz DNQ DNF1 18 10 24 16 DNF1 22 DNF2 DNS DNF1 11 16 119
25 Austria Michael Matt 6 2 16 15 DNF2 29 10 DNF1 DNF1 DNS 22 5 0 105
26 Norway  Alexander Steen Olsen 32 16 DNS 13 DNF2 18 DNF2 5 DNF2 DNF1 DNF2 13 NE 97
27 Austria Adrian Pertl 16 11 20 DNF2 15 DNF2 7 DNF1 DNF1 DNS 11 6 NE 86
28 Austria Marco Schwarz DNS DNF2 DNQ DNF1 6 36 40 DNF2 DNF1 DNF2 DNF2 NE 82
29  Switzerland  Luca Aerni DNQ 7 13 14 DNF1 11 DNQ DNQ 6 DNS 13 10 NE 74
30  Switzerland  Marc Rochat DNF1 DNF1 DNF1 DNF1 DNQ 26 6 11 10 ⑯ 15 3 NE 71
31 Croatia Istok Rodeš 5 DNF1 DNF1 5 DNQ 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF1 24 20 NE 62
32 Italy Tobias Kastlunger DNQ 5 36 7 DNQ DNF1 4 DNQ 9 DNF2 DNQ DNQ NE 61
Italy Stefano Gross DNQ 3 14 DNQ 10 13 DNQ DNQ 8 ⑳ 13 DNQ NE 61
34 United Kingdom Laurie Taylor DNQ 8 22 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 15 14 DNF2 DNQ DNF1 NE 59
35  Switzerland  Ramon Zenhäusern 11 1 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNQ 8 DNQ DNS 11 26 NE 57
36 Finland Eduard Hallberg 7 32 DNF2 DNF1 DNF1 DSQ1 DNF1 DNQ 16 ⑫ DNF1 DNF1 NE 55
United Kingdom Billy Major DNQ DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ 5 5 DNQ 7 ⑮ 9 29 NE 55
38 United States Jett Seymour DNF1 DNF1 10 18 DNQ 14 2 DNQ DNQ ㉑ DNF1 4 NE 48
39 Sweden Fabian Ax Swartz DNF2 4 DNQ 24 13 DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNF1 DNQ DNQ NE 41
40 Belgium Sam Maes DNQ DNQ DNS DNF1 14 DNF1 2 DNF1 DNQ ⑲ 5 15 NE 36
41 Austria Joshua Sturm 10 6 DNF1 8 DNF1 DNQ DNS DNQ DNQ DNS DNF1 7 NE 31
42 Estonia Tormis Laine 4 DNQ 9 DNF1 DNQ 7 DNF1 7 DNQ DNF2 DNF1 DNF1 NE 27
43 Spain Joaquim Salarich DNF1 DNF1 DNQ 16 DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DSQ1 DNQ DNQ NE 16
Norway  Oscar Andreas Sandvik DNF1 DNS DNF1 DNF1 DNQ DNS DNF1 DNF1 DNS DNF1 16 NE 16
45 France Hugo Desgrippes DNF1 DNQ DNF1 DNF1 DNF1 DNQ DNS 13 DNF1 DNS DNQ DNQ NE 13
46 Norway  Sebastian Foss-Solevåg 12 DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNF2 DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNQ DNF1 DNQ DNQ NE 12
Greece AJ Ginnis DNQ 12 DNS NE 12
Sweden Gustav Wissting DNS DNQ 12 DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNQ ㉖ DNF1 DNQ NE 12
49 Italy Simon Maurberger DNS 10 DNQ DNF1 DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNS NE 10
Canada Erik Read DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ 10 DNF1 ㉔ DNF1 DNF1 NE 10
51 Germany Anton Tremmel DNF1 DNQ DNQ 6 DNQ DNQ 3 DNQ DNQ DNS DNF1 DNQ NE 9
52 Norway  Eirik Hystad Solberg 8 DNQ DNF1 DNQ DNF1 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNS DNQ DNQ NE 8
53 United States River Radamus DNF1 DNQ DNF1 4 DNS DNQ DNQ DNS DNF1 DNF1 DNS DNF1 NE 4
References [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]

Legend

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  •   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 at 27 March 2025, after all 12 events plus worlds[27]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIS ALPINE WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS SAALBACH 2025". Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b Associated Press (16 February 2025). "Meillard wins slalom gold to cap 'crazy week' for the Swiss ski team at world championships". AP Sports. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  3. ^ Associated Press (17 November 2024). "Olympic ski champion Noel wins season's 1st World Cup slalom; Hirscher fails to qualify for 2nd run". AP News. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  4. ^ Associated Press (24 November 2024). "Olympic champion Clement Noel wins World Cup slalom for his 2nd victory in two weeks". AP News. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  5. ^ Associated Press (15 December 2024). "World champion Henrik Kristoffersen wins World Cup slalom for 1st victory in nearly 2 years". KSTP.com. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  6. ^ Associated Press (23 December 2024). "Norwegian skier Haugan wins Alta Badia slalom ahead of Meillard, McGrath". AP News. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  7. ^ Bregman, Scott (8 January 2025). "Bulgarian Albert Popov claims shock slalom victory at FIS World Cup in Madonna di Campiglio". Olympics.com. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  8. ^ AFP (11 January 2025). "Noel powers to third win of season in Adelboden slalom". MSN.com. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  9. ^ Associated Press (29 January 2025). "Timon Haugan wins World Cup night slalom to give Norwegian ski team 2nd victory in 2 days". AP News. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  10. ^ Associated Press (2 March 2025). "Norwegian skier Henrik Kristoffersen wins World Cup slalom for 2nd victory in 2 days". AP News. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  11. ^ dpa (16 March 2025). "Meillard wins slalom and closes in on discipline leader Kristoffersen". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  12. ^ "Sun Valley Resort Named Host of Audi FIS Ski World Cup Finals on FIS 2024-25 Alpine Calendar". 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  13. ^ Graham, Pat (27 March 2025). "Norway's Kristoffersen clinches slalom title, teammate Haugan closes World Cup season with win". AP News. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  14. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Levi Men's SL (FIN)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  15. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Gurgl Men's SL (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  16. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Val d'Isére Men's SL (FRA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  17. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Alta Badia Men's SL (ITA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  18. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Madonna di Campiglio Men's SL (ITA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  19. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Adelboden Men's SL (SUI)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  20. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Wengen's Men SL (SUI)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  21. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kitzbühel Men's SL (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  22. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Schladming Men's SL (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  23. ^ "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Saalbach Men's SL (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  24. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kranjska Gora Men's SL (SLO)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  25. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Hafjell Men's SL (NOR)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  26. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Sun Valley Men's SL (USA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  27. ^ "Men's Slalom standing". FIS. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
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