Stifel Aspen Winternational: Men’s World Cup Slalom Preview and Contenders Update

Who’s racing, when, and how you can watch the Sunday, March third males’s Stifel Aspen Winternational slalom

Put together for an adrenaline-packed showdown because the Stifel Aspen Winternational males’s World Cup slalom approaches this Sunday, March 4th. The competitors is heating up with solely two regular-season slalom races left earlier than the finals in Saalbach, Austria. Let’s check out how the season has unfolded thus far and who’s main the cost for glory.

Austria’s Manuel Feller has been dominating the slopes this season, clinching victory in 4 out of eight slaloms. Germany’s Linus Strasser has two wins and Switzerland’s Daniel Yuletide has one win underneath his belt, whereas Feller’s teammate Marco Schwarz secured one earlier than getting sidelined with an harm. With Austria main the cost with 5 wins, Germany carefully follows with two victories, and Switzerland with one.

Chasing the World Cup Globe

Within the race for the coveted season’s slalom globe, Feller holds a commanding lead with 590 factors, leaving Strasser trailing by 204 factors. Whereas Feller is in pole place to clinch the title, the mathematics leaves the door open for 3 different contenders. Nevertheless, a victory on Sunday would safe Feller’s declare to the throne, cementing his standing as a World Cup slalom champion. But, something can occur within the unpredictable world of ski racing.

High-ranked 2024 Males’s Slalom Skiers

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Sixty-eight athletes from 19 international locations will compete within the February twenty fourth Palisades Tahoe GS.

Males’s Nations Cup slalom standings

Within the Nations Cup males’s slalom competitors, Austria has a agency grip on the lead with 1392 factors, sitting comfortably forward of Switzerland by 434 factors. Norway trails carefully in third place, solely 56 factors behind Switzerland. Regardless of their robust efficiency, it’s shocking that Norway has but to safe a slalom win this season.

Turning our consideration to the North American contingent, it’s been a difficult season. The Stifel US Ski Group is ranked thirteenth with 50 factors, whereas Canada has struggled much more, amassing solely 17 factors, additionally rating thirteenth.

Up to now, 53 athletes from 16 international locations have scored 2024 season males’s World Cup slalom factors

North People

Whereas it’s unlikely that any North People will crack the highest 25 to qualify for the finals based mostly on common season standings, it’s not out of the realm of chance. Main the cost is Colorado native Jett Seymour, ranked thirty ninth with 19 factors. His teammate Benjamin Ritchie shares the identical rank and factors, hoping to rally in entrance of the house crowd.

Veteran Erik Learn represents Canada, sitting at forty second with 17 factors, whereas GS specialist River Radamus, additionally from Colorado, goals to make a splash in his residence state.

North American males who earned World Cup Slalom factors through the 2024 season.

North American males beginning within the Stifel Aspen Winternational Slalom

Bib 33, Jett Seymour, Stifel USST, SSWSC, College of Denver, Fischer, One/Means

Bib 40, Luke Winters, Stifel USST, Sugar Bowl Ski Academy, Fischer

Bib 45, Benjamin Ritchie, Stifel USST, Inexperienced Mountain Valley College, Dynastar, Lange

Bib 47, Erik Learn, ACA, Banff Alpine Racers, College of Denver, Atomic, UVEX, Stage Gloves

Bib 50, Asher Jordan, ACA, Whistler Mountain Ski Membership, Atomic, Stage Gloves

Bib 57, Justin Alkier, ACA, Nationwide Ski Academy, Middlebury Faculty, Rossignol/LOOK, Stage Gloves

Bib 61, Isaiah Nelson, Stifel USST, Buck Hill Ski Group, Rossignol, LOOK, Stage Gloves

Bib 68, River Radamus, Stifel USST, Ski and Snowboard Membership Vail, Rossignol, LOOK, Stage Gloves

With the joy constructing and the stakes excessive, all eyes are on Aspen for what guarantees to be an exhilarating show of talent, velocity, and willpower. Let’s see if the hometown benefit can propel our North American athletes to new heights on the worldwide stage.

About Aspen

Aspen, Colorado, has a storied historical past in alpine racing, internet hosting 86 FIS Ski World Cup races since 1968. Located within the Rocky Mountains, Aspen’s journey from a mining city named Ute Metropolis to a famend ski vacation spot displays its resilience. Regardless of dealing with financial downturns, Aspen thrived within the mid-Twentieth century with the event of Aspen Mountain right into a premier ski resort, attracting guests worldwide.

With the joy constructing and the stakes excessive, all eyes are on Aspen for what guarantees to be an exhilarating show of talent, velocity and willpower. Let’s see if the hometown benefit can propel our North American athletes to new heights on the worldwide stage.

How and when to look at

The boys’s first run begins at 11:00 a.m. Jap Time and eight:00 a.m. on the West Coast. Subsequently, the second run will start at 2:00 p.m. Jap time and 11:00 a.m. Pacific time. Moreover, with a subscription, a full replay will probably be out there after the race on O+.

First Run Viewing

The Stifel Palisades Tahoe races will probably be LIVE on Exterior Watch (free of charge) and on-demand (behind a paywall). NBC and CNBC may also characteristic home races, typically stay and typically tape-delayed. NBC/CNBC will simulcast it by way of Peacock when it airs. Peacock is not going to have on-demand home races

Jap instances

In Canada, viewers can watch on CBC sports activities

In Canada, sports activities lovers can watch the World Cup on CBC Sports activities

First run Begin record and each day program for Sunday, March third Stifel Aspen Winternational males’s World Cup slalom

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The each day program for Sunday, March third Stifel Aspen Winternational males’s World Cup slalom