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Super-G was run as a World Cup test event during the 1982 season, with two men's races and a women's race that did not count in the season standings. [1]Approved by the International Ski Federation (FIS) that summer, it was first officially run at the World Cup level in December 1982 at Val-d'Isère, France; the winner was Peter Müller of Switzerland.
A modified version, the super combined or Alpine combined, is a speed race (downhill or super-G) and only one run of slalom, with both portions scheduled on the same day. Because slalom courses generally become slower after the first racers, recent changes to the super combined or Alpine combined events have the fastest racers from the speed ...
The men's super-G in the 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup is scheduled to consist of eight events, including the final. The first event of the season did not take place until 6 December 2024 in Beaver Creek. Marco Odermatt of Switzerland is the two-time defending champion in the discipline.
These events saw 1964 winners, because twelve races (five downhills, four super-G's, one giant slalom, and two slaloms) ended with a tie. [1] A total of 315 male alpine skiers from 20 nations have won at least one individual race. The first winner in 1967 was the Austrian Heinrich Messner who won the slalom in Berchtesgaden.
The Men's super-G competition at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2025 was held on Friday, 7 February 2025, and was the first men's event. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Results
The men's super-G in the 2022 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of seven events including the final. A race originally scheduled for Lake Louise in November and then rescheduled to Bormio in December was cancelled twice and was thought unlikely to be rescheduled, potentially reducing the season to six events. [1]
In super-G, the small globe has been awarded since 1985–86. For super-g races in the three seasons previous, points were added and calculated in the giant slalom ranking. The World Cup is held annually, and is considered the premier competition for alpine ski racing after the quadrennial Winter Olympics.
It was the first men's race of the championships; 82 athletes from 32 countries competed. [1] Ted Ligety won the world title, his first-ever victory in a super-G race in international competition. A top competitor in giant slalom, his only previous podium in super-G was a runner-up finish at a World Cup race at Val-d'Isère in December 2009. [2]