It's called the worldcup because its a competition that takes place across the world. And because thats what FIS decided to call it, it's a points based competition that takes place across the entire year, whoever scores the most points wins the cup, so it's cumulative performance throughout the year.
You can't just be good at one event to win the world cup you need to perform in slalom, giant slalom, super g, downhill and kombi. That's why it's typically a bigger deal than just winning a single race.
What's crazier is you normally start competing in these races at the age of 16 and it costs upwards of 60k a year to participate.
There's the world championships which are held every 2 years and the winter Olympics that are held every 4. Which is more along the lines of what you're thinking
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It's called the worldcup because its a competition that takes place across the world. And because thats what FIS decided to call it, it's a points based competition that takes place across the entire year, whoever scores the most points wins the cup, so it's cumulative performance throughout the year.
You can't just be good at one event to win the world cup you need to perform in slalom, giant slalom, super g, downhill and kombi. That's why it's typically a bigger deal than just winning a single race.
What's crazier is you normally start competing in these races at the age of 16 and it costs upwards of 60k a year to participate.
There's the world championships which are held every 2 years and the winter Olympics that are held every 4. Which is more along the lines of what you're thinking