His season came to an abrupt end after he crashed in the famed Hahnenkamm downhill on Jan. The 29 year-old nabbed his first career World Cup podiums last winter-a second-place finish in the Val Gardena downhill, and a victory in the Bormio super-G. men in the World Cup standings last season, rounding out the 2021 Tour ranked 15th in the world in downhill and 16th in super-G. Ski and Snowboard)Ĭochran-Siegle (Burlington, Vt.) led the U.S. Ski Team up and comers Tommy Ford, left, and Ryan Cochran-Siegle. Specialty: Speed events Ted Ligety, center, poses with U.S. But chances are good that she’ll be a top contender for Olympic medals and the World Cup title in the slalom and giant slalom disciplines. Whether Shiffrin has a shot at a fourth Overall World Cup title depends on how many races and disciplines she decides to enter throughout the season. for the women’s World Cup slalom and GS events over Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 23, followed by the traditional slalom race in Levi, Finland and a return to Killington, Vt. What’s certain is that she will be kicking off her season with the giant slalom in Sölden on Saturday, Oct. 3-5, and will determine the rest of her schedule from there. It means competing (and traveling) almost every weekend during the heart of the racing season, without a rest period.īut Shiffrin has set her sights on the first women’s speed events of the season at Lake Louise, Alberta, Dec. Only a few athletes on the World Cup circuit opt to race in all events because of how demanding it is-both on their bodies and their schedules. “But that means I have to do a lot more preparation-understanding how that is going to affect me mentally and physically throughout the three weeks that we’re there.” “I’m dreaming about being able to compete in each event in China,” Shiffrin said in a virtual press conference. And that includes the speed races at the Beijing Olympics. While Shiffrin opted to skip the majority of speed events last season in favor of focusing on her speciality, the technical events, she announced that she is planning to return to speed courses again this season. But for the second time in as many years, she did not add to her Crystal Globe collection in any discipline, a trend she’ll surely be looking to upend this season. To no one’s surprise, she staged a successful comeback and ended the 2021 Tour ranked third in the world overall. (: Alain Grosclaude/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)įor Shiffrin (Vail, Colo.), last season was all about finding her groove again after the death of her father and the onset of the pandemic during the 2019-’20 World Cup Tour. Specialty: Slalom, everything Mikaela Shiffrin attacks the slalom course during the World Championships Women’s Alpine Combined on Feb. Here’s everything you need to know about the 2021-’22 World Cup Tour to follow the action.Ĭatch up: The top 10 moments from the 2021 World Cup Section divider Americans to Watch this Season Mikaela Shiffrin snow, with the traditional men’s Birds of Prey race in Beaver Creek, Colo., and women’s tech races in Killington, Vt., back on the World Cup schedule this season. And in other good news, World Cup racing will once again return to U.S. Ski Team is rolling deeper than it has in years, and this weekend’s opening World Cup giant slalom in Sölden is only the very beginning of what should be an exceptionally exciting racing season. There’s downhiller Breezy Johnson, who established herself as a new staple on the women’s downhill podium last season tech specialist Paula Moltzan, who’s tearing up the women’s slalom courses and Ryan Cochran-Siegle, who proved himself a top contender in the men’s speed events after twice storming the podium last winter. Yes, there’s multi-event superstar Mikaela Shiffrin, but she’s no longer the only American for us to pin our hopes and dreams of U.S. Ski Team is more stacked than it has been in years. And with a little more than 100 days to go until the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, China, this World Cup season will be one to watch, as each World Cup race will count towards qualification for the Winter Olympics. There’s T minus 0 days until the 2021-’22 World Cup officially gets underway with the traditional first stop of the Tour in Sölden, Austria on Saturday, Oct. Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members!
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