The women's slalom in the 2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup involved 6 events, although there were 9 originally scheduled.
Defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin from the United States was leading the discipline standings by 80 points after 5 events when her father Jeff suffered what proved to be a fatal head injury at the start of February, and Shiffrin immediately left the tour to return home to Colorado, which eventually caused her to miss the remainder of the season. Slovakian skier Petra Vlhová won the next event in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, to move 20 points ahead of Shiffrin with three events remaining.
But all of the final three events were cancelled. First, the slalom scheduled for Ofterschwang, Germany was canceled due to lack of snow and a bad forecast. Then the finals, scheduled for Saturday, 21 March in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And finally, the one remaining slalom, scheduled in Åre, Sweden, for which Shiffrin had planned to return, was canceled due to COVID infections being detected among the skiers. Thus, the current leader in each discipline -- in this case, Vlhová -- automatically became the season winner of the crystal globe for that discipline.
Vlhová thus won the discipline title for the first time.
Standings #Skier Total Petra Vlhová DNF28080100100100xxx4602 Mikaela Shiffrin1001001008060DNSxxx4403 364050604545xxx2764 Wendy Holdener80DNF2DSQ2505080xxx2605 Anna Swenn-Larsson 5060DNF14580DNF2xxx2356 Nina Haver-Løseth454512403650xxx2287 Katharina Truppe 60DNF113364060xxx209 Michelle Gisin402960222929xxx2099 Christina Ackermann 15504512DNF27xxx12910 Chiara MairDNQ2215163240xxx 12511 Emelie Wikström2415826736xxx 11612 Aline Danioth 1311363222DNSxxx 11413 Kristin Lysdahl DNF1241629532xxx10614 Irene Curtoni DNQ2618202020xxx 10415 Lena Dürr 2664066DNF2xxx 84 Mina Fürst Holtmann2293210DNF111xxx8417 DNQ166151826xxx8118 Laurence St. Germain DNQDNF2292426DNF1xxx7919 Katharina Gallhuber1632DNF2DNQ24DNF1xxx7220 Katharina Huber 32DNF214DNF11015xxx7121 Erin Mielzynski6DNF122DNQ1618xxx6222 Franziska Gritsch1810DNF11115DNF1xxx5423 Meta HrovatDNQDNF1263DNF224xxx5324 Marlene Schmotz91824DNF1DNSxxx5125 Roni RemmeDNQ36DNF2DNQDNS14xxx50References
DNF1 = Did Not Finish run 1 DNQ = Did not qualify for run 2 DNF2 = Did Not Finish run 2 DSQ2 = Disqualified run 2 DNS = Did not start
See also 2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's summary rankings 2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's overall 2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's downhill 2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's super-G 2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's giant slalom 2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's combined 2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's parallel World Cup scoring system
References
External links Alpine Skiing at FIS website