Where do the North American women rank after Spindleruv Mlyn

Feb 01, 2023

Photo Credit: Stifle U.S. Alpine Ski Team

To date, during the 2022-23 season, there have been 119 women who have scored World Cup points. Seventeen of them are from North America. Eleven are from the United States and six are from Canada. Combined, they represent just over 14% of the women who have scored during the 2022-23 season through January.

Twenty nations have at least one athlete on the list. Austria has 23 women who have scored, Switzerland has 18 and Italy has 16. However, Switzerland leads the women’s Nations Cup with 583 more points than Italy and 622 more than Austria. The US women are currently 4th, trailing the Swiss by 1053 points.

However, Mikaela Shiffrin has contributed 1697 of the 2486 points scored by the US women. Shiffrin also leads Petra Vlhova in the individual overall by 731 points.

Three US women, Ava Sunshine, Zoe Zimmermann, and Lauren Macuga, have scored their first career World Cup points this season. They are three of the twelve U21 women worldwide who have scored this season. Sweden is the only country besides the US with more than one and it also has three.

The North American women have accumulated 16 podiums this season. Shiffrin has 14, also a career total of 85 victories. Paula Moltzan recently earned her career first podium in a Semmering slalom. Additionally, Canada’s Valerie Grenier earned her first podium by winning a World Cup GS in Kranjska Gora.

Shiffrin has scored in all four disciplines and has won in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G

USA’s Bella Wright, Breezy Johnson, Paula Moltzan, and Katie Hensien and Canadian Marie-Michele Gagnon have scored in two disciplines. Additionally, five other Canadians and six other US women have scored in one.

Undoubtedly, scoring a single World Cup point is an accomplishment few ever achieve. Skiing in a World Cup is less exclusive but certainly an elite accomplishment to be proud of. What Shiffrin is doing is extremely rare and glorious. However, all of these outcomes should be cherished. These are Ski Racing Media’s opinions take a look at the facts and form your own.

North American Women who have scored World Cup points at this point in the 2022-23 season

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Seven North American women have scored downhill World Cup points in the 2022-23 season

Eight North American women have scored slalom World Cup points in the 2022-23 season

Six North American women have scored giant slalom World Cup points in the 2022-23 season

Five North American women have scored in super-G World Cup points in the 2022-23 season

Women’s Nations Cup Standings through Spindleruv Mlyn January 29th

About the Author: Peter Lange

Lange is the current Publisher of Ski Racing Media. However, over 38 seasons, he enjoyed coaching athletes of all ages and abilities. Lange’s experience includes leading Team America and working with National Team athletes from the United States, Norway, Austria, Australia, and Great Britain. He was the US Ski Team Head University Coach for the two seasons the program existed. Lange says, “In the end, the real value of this sport is the relationships you make, they are priceless.”

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