2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's giant slalom

The women's giant slalom in the 2025 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of nine events, including the final.^[1] The discipline originally contained ten events, but two were cancelled in Canada in December and only one of them was able to be rescheduled, as discussed below. As it does every year, the season opened in Sölden, Austria on 26 October 2024. Defending champion Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland returned but found several challengers, including 2020 discipline champion Federica Brignone of Italy, Sweden's Sara Hector, and Alice Robinson of New Zealand. Ultimately, Brignone placed second at finals to move past Robinson for her second crystal globe in this discipline, five years after her first.

2025 Women's Giant Slalom World Cup Federica Brignone of Italy, discipline champion for the second time 2025 Women's World Cup Overall • Downhill • Super-G Giant slalom • Slalom
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The season was interrupted for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2025, this time in Saalbach, Austria during 4–16 February 2025.^[2] The championship in women's giant slalom took place on Thursday, 13 February and was dominated by Brignone, who won by almost a second over Robinson, who in turn was over a second and a half ahead of bronze medalist Paula Moltzan of the U.S.^[3]

Season summary

The first giant slalom of the season, scheduled as usual on the Rettenbach glacier in Sölden, Austria in October, was won by 2024 discipline runner-up (and 2020 discipline champion) Federica Brignone, who rallied from third place after the opening run with the seventh-fastest time in the second run to overtake both of the racers ahead of her.^[4] With the victory, Brignone, who is 34, became the oldest woman ever to win a World Cup race, surpassing Elizabeth Görgl of Austria, who won her last race on the World Cup circuit in December 2014 at 33, two months before turning 34.^[4] Because this was the first race of the season, neither defending champion Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland nor perennial contender Petra Vlhová of Slovakia had recovered from prior-season surgeries sufficiently to be able to compete, although Gut-Behrami entered the race but did not start. Before the end of November, the third and fourth giant slaloms of the season, scheduled at Tremblant, Quebec, Canada, were cancelled due to lack of snow, pending rescheduling.^[5]

Immediately thereafter, in the second giant slalom of the year at Mikaela Shiffrin's "home" course in Killington, Vermont, United States, Shiffrin was trying for her 100th World Cup victory, having won number 99 in her last race. As in Sölden, she held the lead going into the second run. However, while still in the lead shortly after the midpoint of the course, she suffered a hard crash into the fencing, which resulted in her being stretchered off the course; the crash handed the win to Sara Hector of Sweden, who thus took over the overall lead in the discipline for the season.^[6] After the cancellations (which still had not been rescheduled as of the end of December), the next giant slalom, held after Christmas in Semmering (Austria), came down to a second-run battle between Brignone and Gut-Behrami, which was decided when Gut-Behrami hooked a gate with her arm, causing her to drop all the way to ninth and handing the victory to Brignone, who edged ahead of Hector by 4 points in the season standings.^[7]

The first giant slalom of 2025 took place in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, just after New Years Day, and Hector was able to win again and reclaim the season lead after Brignone fell during her first run, with New Zealand's Alice Robinson moving into a tie with Brignone for second.^[8] During the next week, one of the giant slaloms cancelled at Tremblant in December 2024 was awarded to Sestriere on 21 February, the day prior to the giant slalom already scheduled there.^[9] And still in Italy, Alice Robinson of New Zealand won the giant slalom held at Kronplatz, in a race where Hector, Brignone and Goggia all failed to finish, and she edged out Hector by four points for the season lead in the discipline.^[10]

At the world championships, Shiffrin (the winningest skier in women's World Cup history in the giant slalom, with 22 victories) decided that she still had not recovered mentally from the crash in Killington and chose not to defend her 2023 world championship in the discipline.^[11] In her absence, Brignone and Robinson dominated the race, with Brignone posting the fastest and Robinson (the first Alpine skiing world medalist from New Zealand) the second-fastest time in each heat,^[7]. After the worlds, in the first of two races in Sestriere, Italy, Brignone and Robinson repeated their success at worlds, with Brignone, who had been sick with the flu since worlds, prevailing by four-tenths of a second, with the rest of the field over a second behind Robinson.^[12] The next day, Brignone dominated again, winning her fourth GS of the season to move into second, just 40 points behind Robinson with only two races remaining, while a still-recovering Shiffrin missed qualifying for the second run for the first time in 12 years (since October 2012 at Sölden).^[13] Next, in Åre, Sweden, the giant slalom was once again won by Brignone for her third straight win in the discipline (fourth straight, counting worlds), with Robinson once again second, decreasing Robinson's lead to just 20 points (520 to 500) with only the finals remaining.^[14]

Finals

The World Cup final in the discipline was held on Tuesday, 25 March in Sun Valley, Idaho, United States.^[15] Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup giant slalom discipline and the winner of the Junior World Championship in the discipline (Giorgia Collomb of Italy), plus any skiers 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. Only Robinson and Brignone were still in contention for the discipline's season title. Four skiers with 500+ overall points who were not otherwise eligible (Kajsa Vickhoff Lie of Norway, Katharina Liensberger of Austria, Emma Aicher of Germany, and Lauren Macuga of the United States) entered the race through points, while one eligible skier (Ricarda Haaser of Austria) missed the race due to injury, leaving a starting field of 29 (including Collomb). Robinson failed to finish the first run, so all Brignore needed to do to win the discipline championship was finish in the top 12; however, she posted the fastest time in the second run and finished second behind Gut-Behrami (who had previously won the super-G during finals) in the race, easily clinching the crystal globe.^[16]

Standings

	Venue	26 Oct 2024 Sölden	30 Nov 2024 Killington	7 Dec 2024 Tremblant	8 Dec 2024 Tremblant	28 Dec 2024 Semmering	4 Jan 2025 Kranjska Gora	21 Jan 2025 Kronplatz	13 Feb 2025 Saalbach WC	21 Feb 2025 Sestriere R#	22 Feb 2025 Sestriere	8 Mar 2025 Åre	25 Mar 2025 Sun Valley
#	Skier													Total
	Federica Brignone	100	DNF2	xx		100	DNF1	DNF2	①	100	100	100	80	580
2	Alice Robinson	80	DNF1	xx		60	60	100	②	80	60	80	DNF1	520
3	Sara Hector	16	100	xx		80	100	DNF2	⑥	45	20	26	60	447
4	Thea Louise Stjernesund	40	50	xx		26	36	40	④	60	29	50	50	381
5	Lara Colturi	15	29	xx		24	80	50	⑦	36	40	60	45	379
6	Lara Gut-Behrami	DNS	20	xx		29	40	80	⑤	DNF1	80	29	100	378
7	Paula Moltzan	24	45	xx		45	DNQ	60	③	40	32	40	DNF1	286
8	Zrinka Ljutić	13	80	xx		32	22	45	⑧	50	22	11	DNF1	275
9	Julia Scheib	60	DNF1	xx		40	50	DNF1	DNF2	29	45	36	DNS	260
10	Camille Rast	22	60	xx		14	32	29	⑪	29	26	32	DNF2	244
11	Nina O'Brien	36	40	xx		16	24	26	⑲	32	DNF2	24	22	220
12	Valérie Grenier	DNS	29	xx		50	DNQ	32	⑭	18	DNF2	45	DNF1	174
13	Neja Dvornik	DNQ	36	xx		15	32	15	㉑	5	11	10	40	164
14	AJ Hurt	DNS		xx		4	26	20	⑬	22	36	12	32	152
15	Wendy Holdener	6	22	xx		10	13	16	㉕	11	14	15	36	143
16	Mina Fürst Holtmann	29	DNF1	xx		12	DNQ	11	⑰	7	24	20	24	127
17	Sofia Goggia	DNS		xx		DNS	45	DNF1	DNF1	20	50	DSQ2	DNF2	115
18	Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel	6	24	xx		20	DNQ	13	⑮	10	12	8	20	113
19	Estelle Alphand	8	16	xx		6	15	DNQ	⑳	13	10	13	29	110
20	Stephanie Brunner	18	DNF1	xx		DNF1	14	18	⑱	14	18	DNF2	26	108
21	Britt Richardson	14	4	xx		8	DNF1	36	⑩	24	DNF2	16	DSQ1	102
22	Katie Hensien	50	20	xx		3	4	10	㉒	10	DNF1	DNF1	DSQ1	97
23	Ricarda Haaser	DNF2	32	xx		22	18	12	DNS					84
24	Ana Bucik Jogan	10	14	xx		20	10	6	㉔	15	7	DNQ	0	82
25	Lena Dürr	26	DNQ	xx		9	6	9	⑨	DNS	16	9	0	75
26	Marta Bassino	20	DNQ	xx		36	DNQ	DNS1	DNF1	13	DNF2	DSQ1	NE	69
27	Kajsa Vickhoff Lie	DNS		xx		13	16	24	⑯	DNF1	9	DNS	DNF1	62
28	Lisa Nyberg	DNQ	DNQ	xx		DNQ	20	DNQ	㉙	DNQ	15	22	NE	57
29	Katharina Liensberger	32	DNF1	xx		DNQ	DNQ	DNS	⑫	16	6	DNQ	DSQ1	54
30	Mikaela Shiffrin	45	DNF2	xx		DNS				6	DNQ	DNF1	NE	51
31	Asja Zenere	11	13	xx		DNQ	9	7	DNS	8	DNQ	DNF1	NE	48
32	Lara Della Mea	DNS	5	xx		DNQ	12	24	DNS2	DNQ	DNQ	DNF1	NE	41
33	Elisabeth Bocock	DNS	8	xx		DNF1	DNF1	DNS		DNF2	8	18	NE	34
34	Giorgia Collomb	DNQ	12	xx		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNS	DNQ	DNF1	DNS	18	30
35	Ilaria Ghisalberti	DNQ	10	xx		0	8	8	DNS	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	NE	26
	Madeleine Sylvester-Davik	DNS		xx		DNQ	11	DNQ	DNF1	DNQ	DNF1	15	NE	26
37	Clara Direz	12	DNF2	xx		5	DNQ	3	DNF2	5	DNF1	DNF1	NE	25
	Franziska Gritsch	4	DNQ	xx		2	DNQ	14	DNS	DNQ	DNQ	5	NE	25
39	Michelle Gisin	9	7	xx		DNS	5	DNQ	㉖	DNS			NE	20
	Vanessa Kasper	DNS	DNF1	xx		DNQ	DNQ	4	DNS	3	13	DNQ	NE	20
41	Emma Aicher	DNQ	12	xx		DNF2	7	DNQ	㉓	DNQ	DNS	DNQ	DNF2	19
	Simone Wild	3	9	xx		7	DNQ	DNQ	DNS				NE	19
43	Lauren Macuga	DNS											16	16
44	Clarisse Brèche	DNS	15	xx		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNF1	DNS			NE	15
45	Kristin Lysdahl	DNQ	7	xx		DNF1	DNS			DNQ	DNQ	7	NE	14
46	Cassidy Gray	DNF2	DNQ	xx		11	DNQ	DNQ	DNF1	DNF1	DNQ	DNF2	NE	11
47	Fabiana Dorigo	7	DNQ	xx		DNQ	DNQ	DNF1	㉛	DNF1	DNQ	DNQ	NE	7
	Roberta Melesi	DNQ	DNQ	xx		DNQ	3	DNQ	DNS	DNF1	DNS	4	NE	7
49	Hilma Lövblom	DNQ	DNF1	xx		DNQ	DNQ	DNF1	DNS	DNQ	DNQ	6	NE	6
50	Magdalena Luczak	DNS	DNF1	xx		DNQ	DNQ	5	㉗	DNS			NE	5
	Doriane Escané	DNS						DNQ	DNS	DNQ	5	DNQ	NE	5
52	Victoria Olivier	DNS		xx		DNQ	2	DNQ	DNS				NE	2
53	Francesca Baruzzi Farriol	DNQ	DNQ	xx		DNQ	1	DNQ	DNF2	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	NE	1
	References	[17]	[18]	[5]	[5]	[19]	[20]	[21]	[22]	[23]	[24]	[25]	[26]

Legend

•   Winner (100 points)
•   2nd place (80 points)
•   3rd place (60 points)
• 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
•   Did not start (DNS)
•   Not eligible for finals (NE)
•   Race canceled (x)
•   FIS non-World Cup race (World Championships)
• R# = Rescheduled (make-up) race
• Updated at 25 March 2025, after all events.^[27]

See also

• 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's summary rankings
• 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's overall
• 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's downhill
• 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's super-G
• 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's slalom
• World Cup scoring system