The women's slalom in the 2022 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of 9 events, including the final.
2020 discipline champion Petra Vlhová of Slovakia jumped out to the early lead in the discipline standings and was able to separate from her closest competitor, six-time champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States, when Shiffrin had to miss time at the end of December due to contracting the COVID-19 virus. Vlhová won five of the first six slaloms during the season and finished second in the other. Although Shiffrin won the next race on 11 January in Schladming and set a career record for World Cup victories in any discipline with her 47th slalom victory, Vlhová finished second and, with a 220-point lead and just two more races scheduled on the slalom calendar for 2021-22, she clinched the season crystal globe in slalom over two months before the end of the season.
As noted above, the season was interrupted by the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China (at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing District) from 6–19 February 2022. Although the Alpine Skiing branch of the International Ski Federation (FIS) conducts the World Cup and co-organizes the Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics (along with the International Olympic Committee {IOC)), the Winter Olympics are organized by nation (a maximum of four skiers is permitted per nation), and (after 1968) the Olympic results do not count for World Cup points. Accordingly, the results in the Olympics are highlighted in blue and shown in this table by ordinal position only in each discipline. The women's slalom was held at the "Ice River" course on 9 February 2022.
The World Cup final was held on Saturday, 19 March in the linked resorts of Courchevel and Méribel, France, which are located in Les Trois Vallées, on the Roc de Fer course at Méribel. Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup giant slalom discipline and the winner of the Junior World Championship, plus athletes who have scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification for the season, are eligible to compete in the final, and only the top 15 earn World Cup points. 2022 World Junior champion Zrinka Ljutić of Croatia surprisingly finished fifth in the final.
Standings Venue#SkierTotal Petra Vlhová 1001008010010010080①5060770 2 Mikaela Shiffrin8080100DNS80DNF2100DNF129325013 Lena Dürr60604513245060④458043744032508060DNF210②100203925 Wendy Holdener365060455080DNF2③DNS363576 Ana Bucik24362210324522⑪36502777 Michelle Gisin3245246026DNF1DNF1⑥60DNF22478 Andreja Slokar5016267DNF2DNS⑤261002259 Katharina Truppe92918501536DNSDNF1402221910 Anna Swenn-Larsson45242924DSQ260DNF1⑨DNF22620811 Ali Nullmeyer18DNF1DNQ124540DNF2㉑2040175 Sara Hector29224026182614DNF2DNS17513 Mina Fürst HoltmannDNF1DNF1332DNF22236DNF280DNF117314 Leona Popović13181018361140㉓DNF2DNF114615 Laurence St. Germain14DNF22029DNF1932⑰112413916 Katharina Huber2226DSQ21692416⑫18DNF213117 Martina Dubovská20401322DNF1DNF113⑬16012418 Katharina Gallhuber4DNQDNQ404032DNQ⑭6DSQ1122 Paula MoltzanDNF2736112420DNF2⑧24012220 Camille RastDNQ51536DNS50⑦DNS010621 Amelia SmartDNQDNQDNQDNQ112029㉗152910422 Erin Mielzynski11101120DNF229DNF2⑯31610023 Nastasia Noens5412DNF2201515⑲9189824 Maria Therese TvibergDNF2DNF232DNF229DNF126DNF18DNF19525 Chiara Mair12DNQ68DNF21250DNSDNF108826 Charlie GuestDNQ118DNF2121320㉑4NE682726224DNQDNSDNQ⑮8NE6028 Emma Aicher188DNQDNF1DNF220DNF2⑱13NE5929 Charlotta Säfvenberg8DNQDNQDNQ16724㉔DNF1NE5530 Zrinka LjutićDNQDNF1DNQDNQDNF15DNF1㉕DNS4550References Legend
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
See also 2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's summary rankings 2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's overall 2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's downhill 2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's super-G 2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's giant slalom 2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's parallel World Cup scoring system
References
External links Alpine Skiing at FIS website