Marcel Hirscher won the overall title for the eighth successive year.
Mikaela Shiffrin won the overall title for the third successive year.
TheInternational Ski Federation (FIS)Alpine Ski World Cup was the premier circuit foralpine skiing competition. The inaugural season launched in January1967, and the2018–19 season marks the 53rd consecutive year for theFISWorld Cup.
This season began in October 2018 inSölden,Austria, and concluded in mid-March 2019 at the finals inSoldeu,Andorra. The biennialWorld Championships interrupted the tour in early February inÅre,Sweden. During the season, the most successful female skier of all time, four-time overall World Cup championLindsey Vonn of the United States, retired after theWorld Championships, at which she won a bronze medal in downhill. Also, two-time overall championAksel Lund Svindal ofNorway retired at the same meet, at which he won a silver medal in downhill.[1]
Marcel Hirscher of Austria won his eighth straight men's overall championship, an all-time record, and moved in third place in overall wins (68) behind only Ingemar Stenmark (86) and Vonn (82).Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States won her third straight women's overall championship and moved into 5th place on the overall win list (60). After the season, Hirscher also retired.[2]
Prior to the start of the season, 4-time overall World Cup champion (and 20-time crystal globe winner)Lindsey Vonn of theUnited States announced her retirement effective as of the end of the season.[43] Due to lingering injuries, she moved her retirement date up to the World Championships in February.[1]
In December, Mikaela Shiffrin became the eighth athlete (four men, four women) to winat least 50 World Cup races across all disciplines, as well as the youngest (at age 23) to do so.[44] Shiffrin ended the season with 17 race victories (3 Super Gs, 4 giant slaloms, 8 slaloms, and 2 parallel slaloms/city events), breakingVreni Schneider's 30-year-old record of 14 wins in a (much shorter) season, which was set in the1988-89 season.[45] Shiffrin also won four crystal globes for the season, tying the women's record held by Vonn andTina Maze.[46]
On 6 March 2019, former slalom season champion (and Olympic gold medalist)Frida Hansdotter announced her retirement from alpine skiing following the 2018–2019 season.[47][48]
^heavy snowfall; Downhill inBeaver Creek was switched with super giant slalom and rescheduled from 1 December 2018 to 30 November 2018
^heavy snowfall; Super giant slalom inBeaver Creek was switched with downhill and rescheduled from 30 November 2018 to 1 December 2018; start of competition was postponed for one hour and moved lower because of the heavy snowfall
^FIS disqualifiedStefan Luitz from the GS victory atBeaver Creek for breaking the organisation's rule by inhaling oxygen before the competition. However, he didn't break the rules of doping and he can continue to compete on normally.Marcel Hirscher initially inherited the race victory. However, later Luitz has successfully overturned his disqualification at theCourt of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and his result was reinstated.
^opening Giant Slalom fromSölden scheduled on 28 October 2018 is rescheduled toSaalbach-Hinterglemm on 19 December 2018.
^Because of the worst weather forecast on Saturday, Downhill inKitzbühel was rescheduled from 26 to 25 January 2019 on Friday. It was switched with original Super-G date.
^Because of the worst weather forecast in the weekend, Slalom inKitzbühel which is easier to organize, is rescheduled from 27 to 26 January 2019. It will be switched with original downhill date.
^Because of the downhill switch date on Friday, Super-G inKitzbühel is rescheduled from 25 to 27 January 2019.
^Slalom start inLevi on 17 November 2018 was moved lower; strong wind on top of the course
Marcel Hirscher
Mikaela Shiffrin
Beat Feuz
Dominik Paris
Alexis Pinturault
Soldeu
Norway
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