giant slalom

noun

: a slalom race for skiers on a longer and steeper course than that used for the regular slalom

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The younger Lorenzi competed in the 2024 FIS Junior World Alpine Ski Championships finishing sixth in the women’s downhill and eighth in super-G, an alpine skiing event that combines elements of giant slalom and downhill. —

Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024 Beaver Creek, which has been hosting men’s Olympic-level alpine World Cup downhill, super-G and giant slalom racing the weekend after Thanksgiving since the late 1990s, is adding women’s races this year. —

John Meyer, The Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2024 Wedding competed for Team Canada in the men’s parallel giant slalom snowboarding event at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games. —

Sean Neumann, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024 Men’s giant slalom 4 p.m. CNBC ON THE RADIO MLB: St. Louis-Miami, 1 p.m., WAQI 710 Men’s Basketball: Vanderbilt at Florida, 1 p.m., WINZ 940 Men’s Basketball: Ga. —

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