2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup

2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup season
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The 42nd World Cup season began in October 2007 in Sölden, Austria and concluded on March 15, 2008, at the World Cup Finals in Bormio, Italy. (The team event scheduled for the following day was canceled, due to adverse weather conditions.) [1]

The overall champions were Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn, both of the United States. It was Miller's second overall title and Vonn's first, and the first for an American woman in a quarter century. The last was Tamara McKinney in 1983, which was also the last U.S. sweep as Phil Mahre won his third consecutive overall title. [1][2]

Miller won the 2008 title by a margin of 111 points over runner-up Benjamin Raich of Austria, while Vonn outpaced her closest rival, Austrian Nicole Hosp, by 220 points. Austria won the Nations Cup for the 20th consecutive season, scoring more than double the points of runner-up Switzerland.

Contents

Race calendar

Key

DH downhill
SG super g
GS giant slalom
SL slalom
K traditional combined
SC super combined
T nations team event

Men

Date Place Disc. Winner Second Third
October 28, 2007 Sölden, Austria GS Aksel Lund Svindal Ted Ligety Kalle Palander
November 11, 2007 Levi, Finland[3]
Reiteralm, Austria[4]		 SL Marc Gini Kalle Palander Manfred Mölgg
November 24, 2007 Lake Louise, Canada DH Jan Hudec Marco Sullivan Andreas Buder
November 25, 2007 SG Aksel Lund Svindal Benjamin Raich Didier Cuche
November 29, 2007 Beaver Creek, U.S.A. SC Daniel Albrecht Jean-Baptiste Grange Ondřej Bank
November 30, 2007 DH Michael Walchhofer Steven Nyman Didier Cuche
December 2, 2007 GS Daniel Albrecht Mario Matt Didier Cuche
December 3, 2007[5] SG Hannes Reichelt Mario Scheiber Christoph Gruber
December 8, 2007 Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria GS Massimiliano Blardone Manfred Mölgg Ted Ligety
December 9, 2007 SL Benjamin Raich Jens Byggmark Manfred Mölgg
December 14, 2007 Val Gardena, Italy SG Didier Cuche Bode Miller Marco Büchel
December 15, 2007 DH Michael Walchhofer Didier Cuche Scott Macartney
December 16, 2007 Alta Badia, Italy GS Kalle Palander Benjamin Raich Marc Berthod
December 17, 2007 SL Jean-Baptiste Grange Felix Neureuther Ted Ligety
December 29, 2007 Bormio, Italy DH Bode Miller Andreas Buder Jan Hudec
January 5, 2008 Adelboden, Switzerland GS Marc Berthod Daniel Albrecht Hannes Reichelt
January 6, 2008 SL Mario Matt Benjamin Raich Felix Neureuther
January 11, 2008 Wengen, Switzerland SC Jean-Baptiste Grange Daniel Albrecht Bode Miller
January 12, 2008[6] SL Jean-Baptiste Grange Jens Byggmark Ted Ligety
January 13, 2008[6] DH Bode Miller Didier Cuche Manuel Osborne-Paradis
January 18, 2008 Kitzbühel, Austria SG Marco Büchel Hermann Maier Didier Cuche
Mario Scheiber
January 19, 2008 DH Didier Cuche Bode Miller
Mario Scheiber		 (none)
January 20, 2008 SL Jean-Baptiste Grange Jens Byggmark Mario Matt
January 20, 2008 K Bode Miller Benjamin Raich Ivica Kostelić
Rainer Schönfelder
January 22, 2008 Schladming, Austria SL Mario Matt Jean-Baptiste Grange Manfred Mölgg
January 26, 2008 Chamonix, France DH Marco Sullivan Didier Cuche Andrej Jerman
January 27, 2008 SC Bode Miller Ivica Kostelić Rainer Schönfelder
February 2, 2008[7]
 Val d'Isère, France DH canceled, rescheduled for February 29
February 3, 2008 SC Bode Miller Ivica Kostelić Natko Zrnčić-Dim
February 9, 2008 Garmisch, Germany SL Reinfried Herbst Manfred Mölgg Ivica Kostelić
February 17, 2008 Zagreb, Croatia SL Mario Matt Ivica Kostelić Reinfried Herbst
February 21, 2008 Whistler, Canada SG Christoph Gruber Hannes Reichelt Ales Gorza
February 24, 2008 GS Hannes Reichelt Didier Cuche Benjamin Raich
February 29, 2008[8] Kvitfjell, Norway DH Werner Heel Bode Miller Klaus Kröll
March 1, 2008 DH Bode Miller Didier Cuche Werner Heel
March 2, 2008 SG Georg Streitberger Bode Miller Didier Cuche
March 8, 2008 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia GS Ted Ligety Manfred Mölgg Massimiliano Blardone
March 9, 2008 SL Manfred Mölgg Ivica Kostelić Marcel Hirscher
March 12, 2008[9] Bormio, Italy DH canceled due to warm weather and deteriorated course conditions, not rescheduled [9]
March 13, 2008 SG Hannes Reichelt Didier Défago Aleš Gorza
March 14, 2008 GS Ted Ligety Benjamin Raich Cyprien Richard
March 15, 2008 SL Reinfried Herbst Daniel Albrecht Marcel Hirscher

Ladies

Date Place Disc. Winner Second Third
October 27, 2007 Sölden, Austria GS Denise Karbon Julia Mancuso Kathrin Zettel
November 10, 2007 Levi, Finland[3]
Reiteralm, Austria[4]		 SL Marlies Schild Nicole Hosp Chiara Costazza
November 24, 2007 Panorama, Canada GS Denise Karbon Elisabeth Görgl Manuela Mölgg
November 25, 2007 SL Marlies Schild Šárka Záhrobská Ana Jelušić
December 1, 2007 Lake Louise, Canada DH Lindsey Vonn Renate Götschl Britt Janyk
December 2, 2007 SG Martina Schild Maria Riesch Jessica Lindell-Vikarby
December 8, 2007[10] Aspen, U.S.A. DH Britt Janyk Marlies Schild Renate Götschl
December 8, 2007[11] SG rescheduled to January 18, then January 21 [11][12][13][14]
December 9, 2007 SL Nicole Hosp Tanja Poutiainen Kathrin Zettel
December 15, 2007 Val d'Isère, France
St. Moritz, Switzerland[15]		 DH Anja Pärson Lindsey Vonn Maria Riesch
December 16, 2007 SG Anja Pärson Emily Brydon Renate Götschl
December 21, 2007 St. Anton, Austria DH Lindsey Vonn Kelly VanderBeek Julia Mancuso
December 22, 2007 SC Lindsey Vonn Maria Riesch Julia Mancuso
December 28, 2007 Lienz, Austria GS Denise Karbon Julia Mancuso Nicole Gius
December 29, 2007 SL Chiara Costazza Nicole Hosp Tanja Poutiainen
January 5, 2008 Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic GS Denise Karbon Tanja Poutiainen Elisabeth Görgl
January 6, 2008 SL Marlies Schild Veronika Zuzulová Maria Riesch
January 12, 2008 Maribor, Slovenia GS Elisabeth Görgl Manuela Mölgg Denise Karbon
January 13, 2008 SL Nicole Hosp Veronika Zuzulová Marlies Schild
January 19, 2008 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy DH Lindsey Vonn Anja Pärson Emily Brydon
January 20, 2008 SG Maria Holaus Julia Mancuso Nicole Hosp
January 21, 2008[13] SG Maria Riesch Elisabeth Görgl Renate Götschl
January 26, 2008 Ofterschwang, Germany GS Denise Karbon Nicole Hosp Elisabeth Görgl
January 27, 2008 SL Marlies Schild Therese Borssen Nicole Hosp
February 2, 2008 St. Moritz, Switzerland DH Tina Maze Maria Holaus Lara Gut
February 3, 2008 SG Emily Brydon Elisabeth Görgl Renate Götschl
February 9, 2008 Sestriere, Italy DH Lindsey Vonn Kelly VanderBeek Nadia Fanchini
February 10, 2008 SG Andrea Fischbacher
Fabienne Suter		 (none) Maria Riesch
February 15, 2008 Zagreb, Croatia SL Tanja Poutiainen Marlies Schild Veronika Zuzulová
February 22, 2008 Whistler, Canada DH Nadia Styger Lindsey Vonn Julia Mancuso
February 23, 2008 SC Maria Riesch Marlies Schild Anja Pärson
March 1, 2008[16] Zwiesel, Germany SL canceled due to lightning & high winds, not rescheduled [16][17]
March 2, 2008[16] GS
March 8, 2008 Crans-Montana, Switzerland DH Lindsey Vonn Renate Götschl Nadia Fanchini
March 9, 2008 SC Anja Pärson Maria Riesch Lindsey Vonn
March 12, 2008[9] Bormio, Italy DH canceled due to warm weather & deteriorated course conditions, not rescheduled [9]
March 13, 2008 SG Fabienne Suter Lindsey Vonn Alexandra Meissnitzer
March 14, 2008 SL Marlies Schild Veronika Zuzulová Šárka Záhrobská
March 15, 2008 GS Elisabeth Görgl Manuela Mölgg Kathrin Zettel

Team event

Date Place Disc. Winner Second Third
March 16, 2008 Bormio, Italy T canceled due to fog, rain [1]

Final standings: Men

Overall

see complete table

Pos. Points
1. Bode Miller 1409
2. Benjamin Raich 1298
3. Didier Cuche 1263
4. Manfred Mölgg 924
5. Ted Ligety 898

Final standings after 40 races.

Downhill

see complete table

Pos. Points
1. Didier Cuche 584
2. Bode Miller 579
3. Michael Walchhofer 407
4. Marco Sullivan 278
5. Werner Heel 273

Final standings after 9 races.

Super G

see complete table

Pos. Points
1. Hannes Reichelt 341
2. Didier Cuche 340
3. Benjamin Raich 286
4. Didier Défago 262
5. Christoph Gruber 251

Final standings after 7 races.

Giant slalom

see complete table

Pos. Points
1. Ted Ligety 485
2. Benjamin Raich 438
3. Manfred Mölgg 376
4. Didier Cuche 293
5. Daniel Albrecht 284

Final standings after 8 races.

Slalom

see complete table

Pos. Points
1. Manfred Mölgg 531
2. Jean-Baptiste Grange 512
3. Reinfried Herbst 450
4. Mario Matt 427
5. Ivica Kostelić 425

Final standings after 11 races.

Combined

see complete table

Pos. Points
1. Bode Miller 410
2. Ivica Kostelić 256
3. Daniel Albrecht 245
4. Jean-Baptiste Grange 220
5. Rainer Schönfelder 206

Final standings after 5 races.

Final standings: Women

Overall

Pos. Points
1. Lindsey Vonn 1403
2. Nicole Hosp 1183
3. Maria Riesch 1146
4. Elisabeth Görgl 1137
5. Marlies Schild 1120

Final standings after 35 races.

Downhill

Pos. Points
1. Lindsey Vonn 755
2. Renate Götschl 448
3. Britt Janyk 390
4. Anja Pärson 331
5. Kelly VanderBeek 323

Final standings after 9 races.

Super G

Pos. Points
1. Maria Riesch 334
2. Elisabeth Görgl 281
3. Renate Götschl 261
4. Emily Brydon 254
5. Anja Pärson 228

Standings after 6 races.

Giant slalom

Pos. Points
1. Denise Karbon 592
2. Elisabeth Görgl 479
3. Manuela Mölgg 359
4. Tanja Poutiainen 297
5. Julia Mancuso 253

Final standings after 7 races.

Slalom

Pos. Points
1. Marlies Schild 640
2. Nicole Hosp 515
3. Veronika Zuzulová 501
4. Tanja Poutiainen 484
5. Šárka Záhrobská 392

Final standings after 9 races.

Combined

Pos. Points
1. Maria Riesch 260
2. Lindsey Vonn 200
3. Anja Pärson 160
4. Sandrine Aubert 110
5. Marlies Schild 106

Final standings after 3 races.

Final Nations Cup standings

Overall

Pos. Points
1. Austria 13560
2. Switzerland 6458
3. Italy 6324
4. United States 5965
5. France 3815

Standings after 75 races.

Men

Pos. Points
1. Austria 7003
2. Switzerland 4064
3. Italy 3721
4. United States 3202
5. France 2382

Final standings after 40 races.

Women

Pos. Points
1. Austria 6557
2. United States 2763
3. Italy 2603
4. Switzerland 2394
5. Germany 2100

Final standings after 35 races.

References

  1. ^ a b c ski-mag.com - Bormio - Nations Team Event Cancelled - 2008-03-16 - accessed 2011-11-02
  2. ^ ESPN.com - Olympic sports - Alpine Skiing - U.S. skiers Miller, Vonn begin World Cup title defense this weekend - 2008-10-24 - accessed 2011-11-02
  3. ^ a b FIS-Ski - Alpine Skiing
  4. ^ a b FIS-Ski - Alpine Skiing
  5. ^ FIS-Ski - Alpine Skiing
  6. ^ a b FIS-Ski - Alpine Skiing
  7. ^ FIS-Ski - FIS News
  8. ^ FIS-Ski - Alpine Skiing
  9. ^ a b c d FIS Official Communication
  10. ^ FIS-Ski - Alpine Skiing
  11. ^ a b FIS-Ski - Alpine Skiing
  12. ^ FIS-Ski - Alpine Skiing
  13. ^ a b FIS-Ski - Alpine Skiing
  14. ^ Ski Racing.com - Aspen: Janyk tops DH held in controversial conditions - 2007-12-08 - accessed 2011-11-02
  15. ^ FIS-Ski - Alpine Skiing
  16. ^ a b c FIS-Ski event page
  17. ^ Ski Racing.com - Zwiesel: Storm halts racing, GS canceled - 2008-03-01 - accessed 2011-11-02

External links

Seasons
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