How to Use giant slalom in a Sentence
giant slalom
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Pinturault missed last weekend’s giant slalom race for a happier reason.
— Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024 -
Shiffrin won the giant slalom at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.
— Dallas News, 6 Feb. 2022 -
Then Mikaela Shiffrin skied out on the first run of the giant slalom.
— Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022 -
Rogers was ninth in the giant slalom at Wachusett last year.
— Scott Souza, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2020 -
Shiffrin had seemed like a lock for some kind of medal in the giant slalom or slalom.
— Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 9 Feb. 2022 -
Shiffrin has won gold medals in all the events but is best at slalom and giant slalom.
— Fred Bowen, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023 -
His second gold came in the giant slalom at Sochi in 2014.
— Jenna West, SI.com, 17 Feb. 2018 -
On Monday, Shiffrin skidded out of a turn near the top of the giant slalom course and was out of the race.
— Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2022 -
Hirscher is the favorite in the giant slalom and slalom, both of which are next week.
— Tim Layden, SI.com, 13 Feb. 2018 -
In slalom and giant slalom, skiers race through a course of gates making quick turns on the snow.
— Fred Bowen, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023 -
Then Hirscher, the favorite to win the slalom and giant slalom, flew through the slalom with his red skis.
— Mark Zeigler, latimes.com, 13 Feb. 2018 -
Shiffrin failed to finish her first run in each of her first two races — the giant slalom and slalom.
— Noah Trister, ajc, 9 Feb. 2022 -
Andrea Mead Lawrence won the slalom and giant slalom at the 1952 Oslo Olympics, which doubled as the worlds.
— Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023 -
Shiffrin will compete in all five Alpine events, but the giant slalom is one of her strengths.
— Mark Osborne, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2022 -
One for slalom and giant slalom, and another one for the park.
— Ailene Voisin, sacbee, 26 Jan. 2018 -
Next week brings the slalom and giant slalom races, the events that Shiffrin dominates.
— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023 -
The giant slalom will also now be Friday so the events will be back to back.
— Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 13 Feb. 2018 -
Two days after skiing out in the first run of the giant slalom, Shiffrin did the same in the first run of the slalom Wednesday.
— Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2022 -
She is currently ranked 24th in the world in giant slalom, and last year won the U.S. title in the event.
— Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2022 -
The slalom and giant slalom are held on the even steeper Gran Risa trail, hitting 69%.
— Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021 -
There was the fall in the giant slalom at Kronplatz, just before the 2018 Olympics.
— Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2022 -
He is set to compete in the slalom and giant slalom events starting next week.
— oregonlive, 4 Feb. 2022 -
Kristoffersen has 19 slalom wins and now five in giant slalom.
— Andrew Dampf, ajc, 19 Dec. 2021 -
The single run for the men will be sandwiched in between the two runs of the women's giant slalom.
— Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2022 -
That was even less time than her 10-second-or-so trip down the hill in the first run of the giant slalom on Monday.
— Howard Fendrich, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Feb. 2022 -
On Monday, the women’s giant slalom with Mikaela Shiffrin will be the first Alpine medal race.
— Graham Dunbar, The Seattle Times, 10 Feb. 2018 -
Four years later, Shiffrin won gold in the giant slalom and silver in the combined.
— Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2020 -
AJ Muss and Mike Trapp made the team in parallel giant slalom.
— Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2018 -
A few hours later came that first flub, a shaky left turn in the giant slalom and a slide onto her hip.
— New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022 -
Petoskey's Wyatt Mattson won the boys giant slalom and his teammate, Nolan Walkerdine, won the slalom.
— Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2023
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