2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom
Alpine ski discipline year standings / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
The men's giant slalom in the 2021 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved ten events, as scheduled.
2021 Men's Giant slalom World Cup |
|
Previous: 2020 | Next: 2022 |
Defending discipline champion Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway never seriously threatened to retain his title. Instead, the season-long race for the crystal globe turned into a two-man battle between 2020 runner-up Alexis Pinturault of France (who lost the previous year by six points after the last two giant slaloms of the year were canceled) and rising Swiss skier Marco Odermatt -- who were also battling each other for the overall championship. After Odermatt won the next-to-last race in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, while Pintaurault finished fourth, Odermatt passed Pinturault and took a 25-point lead in the discipline with just the finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland (where Odermatt would have a home advantage) remaining.[1]
However, Pinturault himself then came from behind, winning the finals in Lenzerheide to pass Odermatt for the season championship in this discipline (and also to clinch the overall championship).[2] This was Pinturault's first season title in giant slalom, becoming the first French champion in the discipline since 2002.[3]
The season was interrupted by the 2021 World Ski Championships, which were held from 8–21 February in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The men's giant slalom was held on 19 February 2021.