Leona Popovic (CRO): GEPA photographs
Who’s snowboarding, when and how you can watch the Sunday, February eleventh Girls’s Soldeu Andorra World Cup Slalom
As anticipation builds for the Girls’s World Cup Slalom in Soldeu, Andorra, on Sunday, February eleventh, ski racing followers count on a riveting competitors. With the absence of superstars Petra Vlhová and Mikaela Shiffrin, the race takes on a brand new dynamic, providing a novel alternative for rising skills and aggressive veterans to shine.
Shiffrin has practically secured the 2024 season’s slalom title. She leads the lively chief, Germany’s Lena Dürr, by 228 factors, leaving little doubt about her dominance regardless of her harm. Her outstanding efficiency all through the season, alongside Vlhová’s, underscores their standing as commanding forces.
Nonetheless, Leona Popović’s presence on the beginning listing, final season’s Soldeu third-place finisher, provides a component of pleasure to the occasion. She and plenty of different proficient girls will vie for an opportunity to make their mark with out the leaders’ presence. Nonetheless, with solely three races remaining and Vlhová not returning, Shiffrin’s maintain on the season’s slalom title stays practically unassailable.
This season, solely two athletes have clinched victories within the eight slaloms held to this point: Vlhová with three wins and Shiffrin with 5. Their absence from the Soldeu race means a contemporary alternative for different contenders to make their mark and declare the highlight.
Wanting forward, the main target shifts to the remaining races on the Girls’s World Cup calendar, notably the final slalom occasion in Åre, Sweden, on March tenth, adopted by the World Cup Finals in Saalbach, Austria, on March seventeenth. For a lot of racers, securing a high 25 within the season standings is paramount to incomes an invite to the celebrated finals.
High-ranked slalom Girls 2024 World Cup
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Nation Cup standings
Within the Workforce Nations Cup standings, the USA leads with 851 whole factors, intently trailed by Switzerland and Austria. With Shiffrin’s substantial contribution to the US staff’s level whole, the stress is now on her teammates to take care of their lead whereas she recuperates.
North People
In the meantime, Canada’s presence within the competitors, led by Ali Nullmeyer and Laurence St-Germain, provides to the worldwide taste of the occasion. Nullmeyer’s constant performances have positioned her nicely for a spot within the finals, whereas St-Germain goals to capitalize on her return to competitors and climb the rankings.
Among the many North American contingent, Stifel US Ski Workforce’s Paula Moltzan and AJ Damage have been making their mark, with Moltzan in search of her first podium of the season and Damage showcasing her potential with a shock podium end earlier in Kranjska Gora. Moltzan shall be in Saalbach and Damage solely wants to finish one other good race or two to earn an invite.
Including depth to the sphere are USA’s Impartial SYNC Workforce member Lila Lapanja and Canada’s Amelia Sensible, every striving to enhance their worldwide standing. Their performances in Soldeu shall be essential in shaping their standings and influencing their path to the finals.
Sixty athletes from 18 nations are on the beginning listing for the February eleventh Soldeu, Andorra World Cup Slalom.
North People with 2024 World Cup Slalom factors
North People competing within the Soldeu Andorra World Cup slalom Sunday, February eleventh
Bib 3, Paula Moltzan, Stifel USST, College of Vermont Ski and Snowboard Membership, Vail, Rossignol/LOOK, Degree Gloves, Oakley
Bib 9, Ali Nullmeyer, ACA, Middlebury School, GMVS, Atomic, Degree Gloves
Bib 18, Laurence St-Germain, ACA, College of Vermont, Mont Sainte-Anne, Rossignol, LOOK, Degree Gloves
Bib 25, Amelia Sensible, ACA, Windermere, College of Denver, Atomic, Degree Gloves
Bib 30, AJ Damage, Stifel Stifel, Workforce Palisades Tahoe, HEAD, Degree Gloves
Bib 42, Lila Lapanja, USA, Impartial, Diamond Peak Ski Workforce, SYNC, Stöckli, Dalbello
Bib 57, Sarah Bennett, ACA, Membership de ski Stoneham, Québec Ski Workforce, Rossignol, LOOK, Degree Gloves
Pursuing victory and the search for podium glory will drive the athletes to push their limits on the difficult course because the race unfolds in Soldeu. With each flip and run, the Girls’s World Cup Slalom drama continues to captivate audiences worldwide.
Soldeu Andorra
Because the Girls’s World Cup Big Slalom approaches in Soldeu, Andorra, anticipation reaches a frenzy. Wanting again to 2012, Andorra’s inaugural World Cup marked a historic milestone for each the nation and its ski resort, Grandvalira.
Situated within the Pyrenees mountains, Soldeu emerges as an lively hub through the winter months. A part of the expansive Grandvalira ski resort, boasting a formidable 205km of ski runs, Soldeu gives a novel expertise for winter sports activities fanatics.
With its elevation reaching 1,710 meters above sea stage and a peak of two,580 meters, Soldeu units the stage for exhilarating competitors. Soldeu ensures athletes and spectators are in for an distinctive expertise on the Girls’s World Cup Slalom.
The ladies’s first SL run will start at 4:30 am Jap Time, 1:30 am Pacific Time and 10:30 Central European Time. The second run will begin at 7:30 am Jap Time, 4:30 am Pacific Time and 1:30 pm Central European Time.
In the US watch the dwell stream and replays on Ski and Snowboard Dwell
In Canada watch the dwell stream and replays on CBC Sports activities
First run begin listing and every day program for the Sunday February eleventh Girls’s World Cup SL in Soldeu, Andorra
Program for the Soldeu Andorra slalom Sunday, February eleventh
