giant slalom
nounDefinition of giant slalom
: a slalom race for skiers on a longer and steeper course than that used for the regular slalom
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The technical specialist has achieved unprecedented success in his 12 years on the World Cup circuit with six season titles in each of the slalom and giant slalom disciplines. — Rob Hodgetts, CNN, "Austrian ski racing great Marcel Hirscher retires," 4 Sep. 2019 Ranked third in MassBay West racing, the first-year skier placed sixth (giant slalom) and 13th (slalom) at the MIAA state meet. — BostonGlobe.com, "2018-19 Girls' Skiing (alpine) All-Scholastics," 10 June 2019 In the boys giant slalom, Sarchett won both of his runs to finish 2.08 seconds ahead of second-place Oliver Parazette, an Intermountain skier who races for the Jackson Hole Ski Club. — Anchorage Daily News, "Blowouts mark 1st day of competition in alpine ski championships at Alyeska," 23 Mar. 2018 Shiffrin finished fifth in the giant slalom in Russia in 2014, but second in the event at the 2017 Worlds. — Ed Barkowitz, Philly.com, "Tuesday's Olympic Watch: Mikaela Shiffrin, Shaun White in spotlight," 13 Feb. 2018 Officials have even gone so far as to postpone the women’s giant slalom, primarily because of high winds. — John Hopewell, Washington Post, "PyeongChang is putting the ‘winter’ back into Winter Olympics," 13 Feb. 2018 In other snowboarding news, Switzerland’s Nevin Galmarini won the giant slalom, with Korea’s Sangho Lee in second and Slovakia’s Zan Kosir third. — Kathryn Lundstrom, SI.com, "Saturday Daily Olympic Digest: A New Definition of 'Shustering'," 24 Feb. 2018 Stephan earned a fourth-place finish at Class A New England’s for slalom, and fifth place for giant slalom. — BostonGlobe.com, "2018-19 Girls' Skiing (alpine) All-Scholastics," 10 June 2019 First was Saturday’s Super-G, which Shiffrin dropped after racing the giant slalom and slalom the two previous days. — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, "Showdown with Mikaela Shiffrin on hold, it's all Lindsey Vonn in Winter Olympics downhill," 19 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'giant slalom.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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