The women's giant slalom World Cup 2021/2022 consisted of 9 events including the final. Overall World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin from the United States, who started out in the early lead in this discipline, contracted COVID-19 at the end of 2021 and missed the post-Christmas giant slalom, then Shiffrin lost the lead in this discipline to Sara Hector of Sweden in the first race in 2022.
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 giant slalom was held at the "Ice River" course on 7 February 2022.
Hector continued to hold the lead in the discipline into March, as 2017 discipline champion Tessa Worley of France emerged as her main late-season competition. Going into the final, Hector held only a five point lead over Worley. Shiffrin held a huge lead of almost a second after the first run and seemed likely to win the title, but she shockingly melted down in the second run, finishing seventh and handing the season title to Worley.
The World Cup final was held on Sunday, 20 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, were eligible to compete in the final, and only the top 15 earned World Cup points.
Standings Venue#SkierTotal Tessa Worley3245501008060DNF210050505672 Sara Hector228010060100100①60DNF2185403 Mikaela Shiffrin 10010080DNS3645DNF15060365074 Petra Vlhová 605045801680⑭DNF1100604915 Marta BassinoDNF1DNF160406036DNF1DNF180803566 Federica Brignone DNF236DNF250DNS50②80DNF1100 3167 Ragnhild Mowinckel 13203245632⑤3624452538 Michelle Gisin 6602610265⑩4529402479DNF14040DNS4026⑧15263221910 Katharina Truppe 42424292422④24322020311 Coralie Frasse Sombet101410201313⑰29362216712 Valérie Grenier 36DNS5024DNF1DNF1202915913 Lara Gut-Behrami 80DNS45DNS③DNS2915414 Ramona Siebenhofer2632362412DNSDNF210DNF2014015 Ricarda Haaser 165161318DNQDNS1445DNF212716 Camille RastDNQ292236DNS10⑯22DNF1DNS11917 Thea Louise Stjernesund12DNQDNQ14DNS40⑥13132411618 Maria Therese Tviberg 451211DNF215DNF2⑫1814011519 Mina Fürst Holtmann 2261832218DNF1DNSDNF11611420 Meta Hrovat 40DNF1DNF2262915⑦DNF2DNS11021 Katharina Liensberger 50DNS6DNQ8⑮40DNF1010422 Paula Moltzan815209DNF214⑫269010123 Ana BucikDNQ22DNF2152229⑪DNF11109924 Stephanie Brunner 141829DNF1DNSDNF2DNF1DNF11507625 Wendy HoldenerDNS1315DNF214DNS⑨32DNF207426 Andrea Ellenberger7DNF16122012DNSDNF212NE6927 Simone WildDNQ1013DNQ113DNS822NE6728 Katharina HuberDNQDNF214168DNQDNS916NE6329 Nina O'Brien 2916DNF1DNQDNQ16DSQ2DNSNE6130 Andreja Slokar1897DNF2DNS4DNF1164NE5831 Tina Robnik9DNSDNQ326⑱DNF210NE57References 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 2021–22 World Cup – Women's 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 slalom 2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's parallel
References
External links Alpine Skiing at FIS website