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dnap123 t1_jboylhw wrote

How many world cups are there in a year? 86 is quite a large amount. I guess it must be across multiple events?

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buerglermeister t1_jbp4ks1 wrote

It‘s the world cup circuit. Compare it to formula one, where there‘s multiple races across one world cup season. Google FIS Alpine Skiih World Cup.

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dnap123 t1_jbp8goy wrote

Cool. So yea she has been dominant for years and also for the entire time, not just at one particular event or time of year. Sweet

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arn_g t1_jbpmtnt wrote

There are ~40 world cup races a year across all disciplines.

Shiffrin CAN win in all of them but is top of the sport in Slalom and Giant Slalom, which are about 20 races a season.

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RaiderCoug t1_jbpyidf wrote

And the most technically demanding of the race disciplines.

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NearPup t1_jbpw6e3 wrote

There is one World Cup circuit every year. There is an overall trophy and a trophy for each discipline (type of race).

There is usually between 30 and 35 individual races a year. While Shiffrin is competitive in all events she focuses on the technical events, Slalom and Giant Slalom, which accounts for roughly half the yearly races. Eight of her wins come from speed events (Super-G and Downhill), which constitutes roughly the other half of the races (not counting combines and parallel events, which are not contested very often).

Alpine skiing is a very high variance sport, so when it comes to determining who the best athlete is individual world cup races and overall and discipline season wins are what people use. The "big events" like the Olympics and the World Championships are more prestigious but less of an indicator of who the best athletes are.

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