California- Yesterday, the World Cup circuit returned to Palisades Tahoe.
The Stifel Palisades Tahoe Cup kicked off yesterday with the Big Slalom. Marco Odermatt gained his tenth Big Slalom win in a row, serving to him formally safe the Males’s World Cup title for the third 12 months operating. Henrik Krisofferson completed in second, narrowly lacking gold by 0.12 seconds. For the American followers, the spotlight was seeing River Radamus safe his first-ever World Cup podium end.
Following the race, Radamus defined how he was feeling to U.S. Ski & Snowboard:
“It’s been a very long time coming. I’ve wished to really feel what this second looks like for therefore lengthy and I’ve simply been working and dealing… Doing it on residence soil in entrance of family and friends and an incredible hometown crowd is so excellent. I used to be in a greater place than I ever had been after first run and I simply saved telling myself you’ll be able to’t go straightforward.”
The Stifel Palisades Tahoe Cup continues right now with the lads’s Slalom race. For extra details about the Saturday’s Big Slalom, try the press launch from Palisades Tahoe under.
Stifel Palisades Tahoe Cup Opens with Big Slalom
Palisades Tahoe kicked off World Cup competitors on Saturday with Marco Odermatt clinching 2024 Males’s World Cup title and American River Radamus claiming his first-ever podium
[Olympic Valley, Calif.] February 24, 2024—With 59 athletes returning to Palisades Tahoe searching for a Big Slalom World Cup win, Swiss skier and two-time defending World Champion Marco Odermatt took first place right now on the Stifel Palisades Tahoe Cup. After main the pack on the primary run, Odermatt grabbed his tenth consecutive Big Slalom win by simply 0.12 seconds. With this victory, Odermatt formally clinched the Males’s World Cup crystal globe for the third 12 months operating. Together with his first podium of the season, Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen took second place whereas Staff USA’s River Radamus took residence third. Going down on residence soil, this marks the primary ever World Cup podium for Radamus, whereas American teammates Tommy Ford and Patrick Kenney completed in twentieth and twenty fourth locations respectively.
Below sunny skies and in entrance of a packed and energetic crowd—together with the Sierra Swiss Membership and the long-lasting sound of their Swiss cowbells—the world’s prime racers from 20 completely different international locations took to the notorious Palisades Crimson Canine run. The Big Slalom course boasts 1,267 toes (386 meters) of vertical descent alongside 49 gates, with pristine situations to start out the day.
“We’re stoked to welcome again the Stifel Palisades Cup to North Lake Tahoe, and after a good Big Slalom race right now, we look ahead to some quick Slalom runs tomorrow,” stated Patrick Lacey, PR Supervisor at Palisades Tahoe. “After record-breaking snow eventually 12 months’s competitors, we had been thrilled to indicate off some California sunshine throughout right now’s race. We’re grateful to our gifted course crew, greater than 400 devoted volunteers, and passionate native and touring fan base that got here collectively to really deliver right now’s occasion to life!”
The festivities proceed at Palisades Tahoe on Saturday night time, together with a U.S. Ski Staff autograph signing and a free live performance that includes Eve 6 and Ludacris. The Stifel Palisades Cup competitors resumes on Sunday morning with the lads’s Slalom race, which can function 70 athletes.
Palisades Tahoe has an extended historical past of worldwide competitors. A famend ski racing venue that has educated champions because the 1960 Winter Olympics, the California resort’s legendary terrain performed host to final 12 months’s 2023 Stifel Palisades Cup for the lads’s Slalom and Big Slalom occasions. The course, additionally raced in 2017 for the ladies’s alpine occasion, is one which Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin described as “one among, if not the hardest” on the World Cup circuit.
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About Palisades Tahoe
Palisades Tahoe is likely one of the largest ski resorts in North America, boasting 6,000 skiable acres throughout eight peaks. Previously Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, the greater than 70-year-old resort celebrates a wealthy historical past because the host of the 1960 Winter Olympics, the Spring Snowboarding Capital, and residential mountain to dozens of Olympic and World Cup athletes throughout a number of snow sports activities. With a mean annual snowfall of 400 inches, Palisades Tahoe incessantly operates the longest ski and snowboard season in Lake Tahoe. The Village at Palisades Tahoe affords year-round occasions and over 50 bars, eating places and boutiques, a lot of that are domestically owned and operated. Palisades Tahoe can also be the most important resort on the Ikon Cross, which affords entry to 47 worldwide ski locations. In 2021 the resort modified its title, buying and selling in a dangerous slur for a reputation that higher displays its values and legacy. Go to the Palisades Tahoe web site or name 1.800.403.0206 to be taught extra. You can even go to us on Instagram, Twitter, Fb, and Vimeo.
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