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Best prospects for gold for US superstar Mikaela Shiffrin
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Alpine Ski World Championship 2023
The 47th Alpine World Ski Championships will be held in Courchevel and Méribel, France, from February 6th to 19th.
A total of 39 medals will be awarded in seven different disciplines.
The Schedule
Monday, February 6: Women's Alpine Combined (11:00 a.m./2:30 p.m.)
Tuesday 7 February: Men's Alpine Combined (11.00am/2.30pm)
Wednesday, February 8: Women's Super-G (11:30 a.m.)
Thursday, February 9: Men's Super-G (11:30 a.m.)
Saturday 11 February: Women's departure (11.00)
Sunday 12 February: Men's Departure (11.00)
Tuesday 14 February: Women's parallel race
Tuesday 14 February: Men's parallel race
Wednesday, February 15: Team competition (12:15 p.m.)
Thursday, February 16: Women's Giant Slalom (10:00 a.m./1:30 p.m.)
Friday, February 17: Men's Giant Slalom (10:00 a.m./1:30 p.m.)
Saturday 18 February: Women's Slalom (10.00 a.m./1.30 p.m.)
Sunday, February 19: Men's Slalom (10:00 a.m./1:30 p.m.)
The World Cup on TV
As usual, all decisions will be shown alternately on the public broadcasters (ARD, ZDF).
In addition, Eurosport broadcasts the World Cup extensively.
SPIEGEL accompanies the World Cup with results reports, analyzes and interviews.
The favourites
At this year's World Cup, too, all eyes are on
Mikaela Shiffrin
.
The American, who has now become the most successful athlete in World Cup history with 85 victories in January, is the clear favorite in Courchevel and Méribel, especially in slalom, but the chances are also good in giant slalom and in combined.
Her biggest challengers include
Petra Vhlová
and
Wendy Holdener
.
Norway's
Henrik Kristoffersen
and
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
are in top form for the men.
However, the best driver of the current season is
Marco Odermatt
: the Swiss has already led the field eight times in giant slalom and super-G.
The Germans
The hopes in the DSV camp this year rest particularly on
Lena Dürr
: The 31-year-old celebrated her first World Cup victory in slalom at the World Cup dress rehearsal in Spindleruv Mlyn.
In the slalom classification, Dürr, who won team bronze at the 2022 Winter Olympics, is in a strong fourth place.
Kira Weidle
recently proved that she is always good for a top position in the downhill
.
But there are also German medal contenders among the men:
Linus Straßer
has already made it onto the podium twice this season.
In the giant slalom,
Alexander Schmid
is given outsider chances after several top 10 placements.
Germany's downhill riders around
Romed Baumann
and
Josef Ferstl
shouldn't have anything to do with the top places in Courchevel and Méribel.
The World Cup record winners
Men:
1. Marcel Hirscher (Austria) - 7x gold, 4x silver
2. Toni Sailer (Austria) - 7x gold, 1x silver
3. Jean-Claude Killy (France) - 6x gold
4. Kjetil André Aamodt (Norway) - 5x gold, 4x silver, 3x bronze
5. Aksel Lund Svindal (Norway) - 5x gold, 2x silver, 2x bronze
6. Gustav Thöni (Italy) - 5x gold, 2x silver
7. Ingmar Stenmark (Sweden) - 5x gold, 1x silver, 1x Bronze
8. Ted Ligety (USA) - 5x gold, 2x bronze
9. Marc Girardelli (Luxembourg) - 4x gold, 4x silver, 3x bronze
10. Pirmin Zubriggen (Switzerland) - 4x gold, 4x silver, 1x bronze
Women:
1.
Christl Cranz (German Empire)
- 12x gold, 3x silver
2. Mariella Goitschel (France) - 7x gold, 4x silver
3. Anja Pärson (Sweden) - 7x gold, 2x silver, 4x bronze
4. Mikaela Shiffrin - 6x gold , 2x silver, 3x bronze
5. Erika Hess (Switzerland) - 6x gold, 1x bronze
6. Annemarie Moser-Proell (Austria) - 5x gold, 2x silver, 2x bronze
7. Janica Kostelic (Croatia) - 5x gold
8. Tina Maze (Slovenia) – 4x gold, 5x silver
9. Hanni Wenzel (Lichtenstein) – 4x gold, 3x silver, 2x bronze
10. Pernilla Wiberg (Sweden) – 4x gold, 1x silver, 1x bronze
...
18.
Rosi Mittermaier ( Germany)
- 3x gold, 1x silver
...
39.
Maria Höfl-Riesch (Germany)
– 2x gold, 4x bronze
40.
Martina Ertl (Germany)
– 2x gold, 2x bronze
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