2023_Alpine_Skiing_World_Cup_–_Men's_downhill

2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill

2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill

Alpine ski discipline year standings

The men's downhill in the 2023 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of ten events, including the final. The season had been planned with fourteen downhills, but early in the season, two scheduled downhills on 29/30 October 2022 on the Matterhorn, running from Switzerland (Zermatt) into Italy (Cervinia), were canceled due to lack of snow and not rescheduled.[1] Later in the season, a downhill scheduled for Garmisch-Partenkirchen on 28 January 2023 was also cancelled for lack of snow and not rescheduled.[2] Finally, on 3 March, a scheduled downhill at Aspen was canceled due to poor visibility and deteriorating weather conditions, even though 24 racers had already started. The first out of the starting gate, Norway's Adrian Smiseth Sejersted, held the lead and was hoping for six more competitors to start so that the race would become official, but the weather conditions prevented that.[3]

2023 Men's downhill World Cup
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After eight events, defending champion Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway had won five times, and held more than a 150-point lead over three-time winner Vincent Kriechmayr of Austria. The remaining downhills will take place in March 2023, by which time four-time former discipline champion Beat Feuz of Switzerland will have retired, joining longtime star Matthias Mayer of Austria with an in-season retirement, even though both were currently in the top 10 in the discipline. After another cancelation, Kilde won the downhill in Aspen, thus clinching the season championship prior to the finals.[4]

The season was interrupted by the 2023 World Ski Championships in the linked resorts of Courchevel and Méribel, France from 6–19 February 2023. Although the Alpine skiing branch of the International Ski Federation (FIS) conducts both the World Cup and the World Championships, the World Championships are organized by nation (a maximum of four skiers is generally permitted per nation), and (since 1970) the results count only for World Championship medals, not for World Cup points. Accordingly, the results in the World Championship are highlighted in blue and shown in this table by ordinal position only in each discipline. The men's downhill was held on 12 February at Courchevel on the L'Éclipse course.

The season final took place on 15 March at Soldeu, Andorra. Eligible to partake were the top 25 in the downhill standings, others who have at least 500 points in the overall standings, and the downhill gold medalist at the Junior World Championships. With the reduced field, only the top 15 earned points.

Standings

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Legend

  •   Winner (100 points)
  •   2nd place (80 points)
  •   3rd place (60 points)
  • DNF = Did not finish
  • DSQ = Disqualified
  •   Did not start (DNS)
  •   Not eligible for finals (NE)
  •   Race canceled (x)
  •   FIS non-World Cup race (World Championships)
  • Updated at 15 March 2023, after all events.[16]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Associated Press (25 October 2022). "Matterhorn Alpine Skiing World Cup downhills canceled". NBC Sports. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  2. [2]
    Associated Press (10 January 2023). "World Cup ski races canceled in Germany 2 weeks early due to lack of snow". CBC. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  3. [3]
    Associated Press (3 March 2023). "World Cup downhill in Aspen halted due to low visibility". AP News. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  4. [4]
    AFP (4 March 2023). "Kilde retains downhill World Cup title with top spot in Aspen". MSN.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Lake Louise Men's DH (CAN)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
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    "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Beaver Creek Men's DH (USA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
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    "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Val Gardena-Gröden Men's DH (ITA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
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    "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Val Gardena-Gröden Men's DH (ITA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  9. [9]
    "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Bormio Men's DH (ITA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
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    "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Wengen Men's DH (SUI)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  11. [11]
    "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kitzbühel Men's DH (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  12. [12]
    "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kitzbühel Men's DH (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  13. [13]
    "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Courchevel Méribel Men's DH (FRA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  14. [14]
    "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Aspen Men's DH (USA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  15. [15]
    "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Grandvalira Soldeu - El Tarter Men's DH (AND)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  16. [16]
    "Men's Downhill 2022-2023". FIS. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
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