The most successful skiers at the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing 2022 were Austrian Johannes Strolz, Katharina Liensberger, and Matthias Mayer. Michelle Gisin (Alpine combined) was able to repeat her win from PyeongChang four years earlier.

For the first time since the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, when Super G was added and combined returned, a new event was added to the Alpine skiing program with the mixed team event, but the combined event was to be held for the last time

Downhill is considered the premier discipline and is the longest and, after the slalom, second-oldest alpine skiing competition. Since its inception in 1967, Downhill has been an integral part of the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup.

After Christmas it's time for the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup European Downhill Classics: Bormio, Wengen, and Kitzbühel.