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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She’s missed a total of four World Cup slaloms and three giant slaloms since the injury.
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Zack Pierce, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
This was the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, the first round of the parallel giant slalom.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
Currently, the season starts in late October with the Sölden giant slaloms.
—Peggy Shinn, Outside Online, 1 Jan. 2025
The oldest woman to win a World Cup race was Federica Brignone, the Italian who won the giant slalom in Soelden, Austria, in October to start this season, at age 34.
—Andrew Dampf, The Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2024
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Zack Pierce, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
This was the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, the first round of the parallel giant slalom.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
Currently, the season starts in late October with the Sölden giant slaloms.
—Peggy Shinn, Outside Online, 1 Jan. 2025
The oldest woman to win a World Cup race was Federica Brignone, the Italian who won the giant slalom in Soelden, Austria, in October to start this season, at age 34.
—Andrew Dampf, The Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Giant slalom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/giant%20slalom. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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