The Ski Racing Podcast

With the first World Cup less than 50 days away we are back for season 7!!!

Hirscher is back...wait what

Braathen is now Brazilian... wait what

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And with that the 2024 season comes to a close. Ed, Ben and Marcel give the season a debrief (stayed on point most of the time), the highs and lows as well as thoughts for the 2025 season.

Thanks for listening and playing along on the Predictions League (thanks to Gareth for collating and putting the forms together!)... its been a blast.

Until next season... its bye for now!

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With the World Cup Finals all done and dusted its time to reveal the real winner in of the Alpine World Cup tour... who will win the Crystal Goblet... Tune in and find out, oh and we of course look back at how the last races of the season unfolded.

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Not long to go now and the season end is round the corner, but the athletes at World Cup Finals are putting on a show, the snow conditions might be less than optimal but the racing hasn't disappointed...

But with the biggest, most important title still up for grabs, The Ski Racing Podcast Predictions League Crystal Tumbler, now is not the time to miss you picks!

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Åre, the last stop on the regular World Cup tour done and dusted, plenty of action to sink our teeth into before the World Cup Finals, coming up over the next two weekends.

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Gut-Behrami in on Globe winning form at the moment and she backed that up with some big results in Kvitfjell and the men were finishing off the 2nd US tour trip in style. Odermatt is being pushed to new levels but still has the answers...

Laurie Taylor announces himself with a WC top 10.

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Winter is back, from the cancelled races in Italy due to mega snowfall leaving the women raceless this time, the men were in Palisades Tahoe for a couple of sensational races for the men, Odermatt stayed undefeated and River with his first ever WC podium on home snow, to Feller and his massive stones the next day!

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Big team in for this one, Marc Telling joins Ed, Ben and Marcel tp add his expert opinion on a warm weekend in Crans Montana for the women, as well as the proper wintery conditions over in Norway for the last of the mens speed races before WC finals. Getting a little sidetracked at times whilst discussing racer fatigue and how to get the best out of athletes in bad conditions, we finish up with our thoughts on the races coming up on tour this weekend.

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With the cancellation of one of the mens races in slalom due to athletes forgetting their snorkels, Ed and Ben chat through some impressive racing from the women in Andorra, with no Shiffrin or Vlhova who was going to step up, Odermatt stays undefeated and with all the injuries we discuss the options for FIS...

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So much to discuss from the weekend, and we have a real pro with us this week, Ben was away skiing so we found a suitable replacement of multiple OLY and Ski Sunday queen, Chemmy Alcott. Much has been said about Cortina this weekend, maybe more from the media and fans than the racers themselves so we have to get into that! Water skis needed in Garmisch and then Gut-Behrami's performance in Kronplatz... You know what to do...

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