
Every year after Kitzbühel, Schladming stages the traditional Alpine Ski World Cup Night Slalom. It is the ninth of 12 Slalom races scheduled on the 2024-2025 Alpine Ski World Cup calendar and the last before the Saalbach Alpine World Ski Championships.
Schladming (AUT)
January 29th Slalom / Men (Night Event) 17:45 CET 1st run 20:45 CET 2nd run
Men's Slalom is still searching for a true dominant figure after the era of Marcel Hirscher. Competition in the Alpine Ski World Cup is fierce. Since the start of the 2021-2022 winter season, 16 skiers -Clément Noël (6), Henrik Kristoffersen (5), Manuell Feller (4), Linus Strasser (3), Daniel Yule (3), Lucas Braathen (3), Timon Haugan (2), Atle Lie McGrath (3), Ramon Zenhäusern (2), Sebastian Foss-Solevåg, Johannes Strolz, Dave Ryding, Alexander Steen Olsen, Marco Schwarz, Loic Meillard, and Albert Popov- have won at least one Alpine Ski World Cup event.
Clément Noël triumphed in a tough Kitzbuehel Slalom, securing his fourth Alpine Ski World Cup victory of an impressive season. He is now the leader in the Slalom World Cup and the top contender for gold at the Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach.
Alex Vinatzer took second place, trailing the Frenchman by only 0.09 seconds. Lucas Pinheiro Braathen came in third, 0.19 seconds behind Noël.
It was Noel's second win in the Ganslernhang after his 2019 victory. He secured a second-place finish in 2020.
Reigning Olympic Slalom Champion Clement Noël has 14 World Cup Slalom victories and 28 podiums to his name. With his victory, Noël moves to second place on the list of France’s most successful World Cup Slalom skiers. Perrine Pelen holds the record with 15 wins.
The 27-year-old French skier has regained the lead in the Slalom standings, now 29 points ahead of Henrik Kristoffersen. Loic Meillard holds third place with 370 points.
Noël could become the first male skier to secure five or more Slalom victories in a season since Marcel Hirscher achieved five wins in the 2018-2019 season.
Noël has the opportunity to achieve his 15th World Cup Slalom victory, matching Ivica Kostelic for sixth place on the men's all-time list. A 15th career win would also place him alongside Jean-Noël Augert in joint third for World Cup victories across all disciplines among Frenchmen, trailing only Alexis Pinturault (34) and Jean-Claude Killy (18).
Henrik Kristoffersen can become the first man to win the Schladming Slalom five times. He currently holds the record of four wins alongside Benjamin Raich. With 91 podium finishes across all disciplines in his World Cup career, he can match Raich's fifth-place position on the all-time list with 92 podiums.
Kristoffersen has the opportunity to achieve his sixth World Cup Slalom podium in Schladming, equaling Marcel Hirscher's record. Raich achieved seven podium finishes in Schladming.
Linus Strasser can win the Schladming Slalom for the third time, which would represent half of his six total World Cup wins. Strasser can become the fourth three-time winner of the Schladming World Cup Slalom race, joining Kristoffersen (4), Raich (4), and Hirscher (3).
Strasser won last year's Schladming Slalom and can become the first man to win it in consecutive seasons since Kristoffersen in 2016 and 2017.
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Clement Noel won the Slalom Season Opener in Levi. The Reigning Olympic Slalom Champion returned in Levi to the Top of the podium thanks to two sensational runs. After setting the best time in the first run, he maintained his lead with an impressive second run, only challenged by Henrik Kristoffersen's flawless second run. Loic Meillard completed the podium in third place.
A week after his victory in Levi, Finland, Clement Noel once again set the pace in the first run of the race in Gurgl, earning his second win of the season in the Slalom. The Frenchman successfully defended his lead against challenges from Swedish skier Kristoffer Jakobsen. In the end, he managed to hold off Jakobsen, finishing with a margin of +0.44 seconds, and Atle Lie McGrath, who finished +0.45 seconds behind.
In December, Henrik Kristoffersen achieved a remarkable victory, leading a Norwegian one-two finish on the podium at the Slalom World Cup in Val d'Isere. He beat his teammate Atle Lie McGrath by 0.52 seconds. Loic Meillard finished in third place 0.89 seconds behind.
The 30-year-old skier from Norway celebrated his 24th Slalom and 31st Alpine Ski World Cup victory. It was his first win in Slalom in almost two years. On January 15, 2023, Kristoffersen celebrated his last Slalom World Cup victory in Wengen. He ranks fourth in the all-time Men's list for the most World Cup Slalom wins, behind Ingemar Stenmark (40), Alberto Tomba (35), and Marcel Hirscher (32).
Timon Haugan won the last Slalom of 2024 in Alta Badia, his second triumph in the Alpine Ski World Cup. Loic Meillard finished in second place, 1.13 seconds behind Haugan. Atle Lie McGrath rounded up the podium in third place 1.26 seconds off the pace.
Haugan gave Norway its 200th victory in the Alpine Ski World Cup.
The first race of the Alpine Ski World Cup in 2025 brought another first-time winner: Albert Popov. The 27-year-old Bulgarian won the Classic Slalom race on the demanding "Canalone Miramonti" in Madonna di Campiglio ahead of Loic Meillard and Samuel Kolega. It was the second victory in the Alpine Ski World Cup for Bulgary. 45 years ago, on January 8, 1980, Petar Popangelov won the Slalom in Lenggries, Germany.
Clement Noël claimed his third World Cup victory of the season in Adelboden. Lucas Pinheiro Braathen finished in second place, just 0.02 seconds behind the Frenchman. Henrik Kristoffersen secured third place, finishing 0.14 seconds behind Noël.
Norway secures a podium clean sweep at the Slalom Alpine Ski World Cup in Wengen, with Atle Lie McGrath claiming the top spot, Timon Haugan finishing second, and Henrik Kristoffersen coming in third in the battle for victory.
It's McGrath's fifth podium finish and first win of the 2024-2025 Alpine Ski World Cup season.
The 24-year-old Norwegian's most recent win was nearly three years ago in Courchevel on March 20, 2022.
Norway now boasts five wins and six podiums in the nine Wengen races since 2015.
It's the Norwegians' third Slalom victory this season, after victories of Henrik Kristoffersen in Val d'Isere, and Timon Haugan in Alta Badia.
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