2008–09 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2008/09 | |||
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Discipline | Men | Women | |
Overall | Aksel Lund Svindal | Lindsey Vonn | |
Downhill | Michael Walchhofer | Lindsey Vonn | |
Super-G | Aksel Lund Svindal | Lindsey Vonn | |
Giant slalom | Didier Cuche | Tanja Poutiainen | |
Slalom | Jean-Baptiste Grange |
Maria Riesch | |
Super combined | Carlo Janka | Anja Pärson | |
Nations Cup | Austria | Austria | |
Nations Cup Overall | Austria | ||
Competition | |||
Locations | 18 | 16 | |
Individual | 36 | 34 | |
Mixed | 1 | 1 | |
Cancelled | 1 | 1 | |
Rescheduled | 3 | 3 | |
The 43rd
Åre
, Sweden.
Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won the overall title by two points over Benjamin Raich of Austria. Svindal returned from a season-ending injury in December 2007, and also took the season title in super-G. Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. repeated as women's overall champion, taking the title by a substantial 384 points over Maria Riesch of Germany. Vonn also repeated as the season downhill champion, and added the season title in super-G.
Being an odd-numbered year, a break in the World Cup schedule was for the biennial World Championships. The 2009 World Championships were held 2–15 February in Val-d'Isère, Savoie, France.
No pre-
1999
.
Calendar
Men
Ladies
Nations team event
Race | Season | Date | Place | Type | Winner | Second | Third | Details |
3 | 1 | 15 March 2009 | Åre |
SC 003 | Italy | Austria | |
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Men's standings
Overall
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Downhill
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Super-G
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Giant slalom
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Slalom
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Super combined
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Ladies' standings
Overall
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Downhill
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Super-G
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Giant slalom
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Slalom
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Super combined
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Nations Cup
Footnotes
- ^ Super combined from Beaver Creek was rescheduled to Val-d'Isère on 12 December 2008
- ^ Slalom from Val-d'Isère was rescheduled to Alta Badia on 22 December 2008
- ^ Downhill from Garmisch-Partenkirchen was rescheduled to Kvitfjell on 6 March 2009
- ^ Super giant slalom from Cortina d'Ampezzo was rescheduled from 22 to 26 February 2009
- ^ Super giant slalom from Garmisch-Partenkirchen was rescheduled from 31 January 2009 to 1 February 2009
- ^ Downhill from St. Moritz was rescheduled to Bansko to 27 February 2009
References
- International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Super combined cancelled at Beaver Creek", 4 December 2008.
- ^ "FIS Official Communication". Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
- ^ "Val d'Isere: winds cancel men's slalom", 14 December 2008.
- ^ a b "Garmisch: Fog dooms Saturday races", 31 January 2009.
- ^ "Kvitfjell: Snow cancels Cup super G", 8 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
- International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Second Louise DH cancelled by snowfall", 6 December 2008.
- ^ "St Moritz: High winds force DH cancellation", 21 December 2008.
External links
- FIS-ski.com – World Cup standings
- Ski Racing.com – U.S.-based magazine – alpine racing news
- U.S. Ski Team.com – alpine news