Clément Noël FRA / 2022 Olympic Slalom Champion / GEPA pictures
The start list is official. Ninety-six athletes from 70 nations will take on the Stelvio Ski Centre on Monday, Feb. 16, as the men’s Olympic alpine program in Bormio closes with what has been the most volatile discipline of the season: slalom.
Below, you’ll find the full Olympic start list, top contenders, and complete when and how to watch information for fans in the United States, Canada and Great Britain, along with access to the official downloadable start list and daily competition program.
This is not a season defined by dominance. It is defined by turnover.
Through nine World Cup slaloms, there have been seven different winners and 11 different podium finishers, representing eight nations. Norway leads all countries with eight podiums, followed by France with six and Switzerland with four. Brazil, Finland and Austria each have two podiums, while Belgium and Germany have one apiece.
Momentum has shifted week to week. Confidence has swung race to race.
Men’s World Cup Slalom Podium Table – 2025–26
| Venue | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Levi (FIN) | 🇧🇷 Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (BRA) | 🇫🇷 Clément Noël (FRA) | 🇫🇮 Eduard Hallberg (FIN) |
| Gurgl (AUT) | 🇫🇷 Paco Rassat (FRA) | 🇧🇪 Armand Marchant (BEL) | 🇳🇴 Atle Lie McGrath (NOR) |
| Val d’Isère (FRA) | 🇳🇴 Timon Haugan (NOR) | 🇨🇭 Loïc Meillard (SUI) | 🇳🇴 Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR) |
| Alta Badia (ITA) | 🇳🇴 Atle Lie McGrath (NOR) | 🇫🇷 Clément Noël (FRA) | 🇨🇭 Loïc Meillard (SUI) |
| Madonna di Campiglio (ITA) | 🇫🇷 Clément Noël (FRA) | 🇫🇮 Eduard Hallberg (FIN) | 🇫🇷 Paco Rassat (FRA) |
| Adelboden (SUI) | 🇫🇷 Paco Rassat (FRA) | 🇳🇴 Atle Lie McGrath (NOR) | 🇳🇴 Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR) |
| Wengen (SUI) | 🇳🇴 Atle Lie McGrath (NOR) | 🇧🇷 Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (BRA) | 🇳🇴 Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR) |
| Kitzbühel (AUT) | 🇦🇹 Manuel Feller (AUT) | 🇨🇭 Loïc Meillard (SUI) | 🇩🇪 Linus Strasser (GER) |
| Schladming (AUT) | 🇳🇴 Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR) | 🇳🇴 Atle Lie McGrath (NOR) | 🇫🇷 Clément Noël (FRA) |
Nine races. Seven winners. Eleven men who have stood on the podium. Nothing has stayed settled for long.
And yet, within the chaos, one name carries Olympic weight.
World Cup Slalom Standings — After Schladming (9/11)
- 🇳🇴 Atle Lie McGrath (NOR, 2000, Head) — 452 pts
- 🇧🇷 Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (BRA, 2000, Atomic) — −1
- 🇫🇷 Clément Noël (FRA, 1997) — −17
- 🇳🇴 Timon Haugan (NOR, 1996) — −53
- 🇳🇴 Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR, 1994) — −79
The Olympic gold medalist will likely emerge from this group.
But Clément Noël is the defending Olympic champion. When the stakes rise, he has already proven he can deliver. He has skied fast all season, sits firmly in the title hunt, and knows exactly what it takes to stand on top of the Olympic podium. He must be considered among the primary favorites.
McGrath leads the standings. Braathen is one point back. Kristoffersen just won in Schladming. Haugan has already claimed victory this winter. The margins are razor thin.
ToTop Seven in Season Standings — Olympic Start Order
- Bib 1 — 🇳🇴 Atle Lie McGrath (NOR, 2000) — Season rank 1
- Bib 2 — 🇨🇭 Loïc Meillard (SUI, 1996) — Season rank 7
- Bib 3 — 🇫🇷 Paco Rassat (FRA, 1998) — Season rank 6
- Bib 4 — 🇫🇷 Clément Noël (FRA, 1997) — Season rank 3
- Bib 5 — 🇳🇴 Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR, 1994) — Season rank 5
- Bib 6 — 🇧🇷 Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (BRA, 2000) — Season rank 2
- Bib 7 — 🇳🇴 Timon Haugan (NOR, 1996) — Season rank 4
From Bib 1 through Bib 7, the first seed group is loaded, and all seven of the top-ranked slalom skiers this season will attack the course immediately.
But this race may hinge on something less predictable.
Switzerland’s Tanguy Nef (Bib 15, SUI, 1996) is the X-factor. He won the slalom leg of the Olympic Team Combined on this very hill earlier in the Games, powering Switzerland to gold. That victory gave him his first Olympic medal — and it came on this slope, under Olympic pressure. He arrives not just in form, but already proven in these conditions.
In a season where momentum has swung quickly, Nef may be the most dangerous name outside the top five.
🇬🇧 Great Britain: All-In on Slalom
Men’s Slalom is the only alpine event Great Britain has entered in these Olympics
- Bib 20 — 🇬🇧 Dave Ryding (GBR, 1986) — Season rank 24
- Bib 24 — 🇬🇧 Laurie Taylor (GBR, 1996) — Season rank 23
- Bib 28 — 🇬🇧 Billy Major (GBR, 1996) — Season rank 34
For Ryding, this marks his fifth consecutive and final Olympic Games. The 39-year-old will retire at season’s end, closing the career of the most successful British alpine skier of all time. Ryding owns seven World Cup slalom and city-event podiums, including a landmark victory in Kitzbühel — a breakthrough moment for British alpine skiing.
His final Olympic run comes in Great Britain’s lone alpine event.
🇺🇸 United States: Radamus Adds Slalom
The United States will be represented by one skier.
- Bib 55 — 🇺🇸 River Radamus (USA, 1998) — Ski & Snowboard Club Vail — No 2026 World Cup slalom starts
Radamus is the U.S. team’s No. 1 Giant Slalom skier and has focused on GS and Super-G the past two seasons. He has not raced slalom on the World Cup in 2026, so there are no expectations attached.
But after already competing in Team Combined, Super-G and Giant Slalom, he steps into slalom to close out the Olympic men’s alpine program for the United States — a final technical test at the end of a demanding Games.
Seven winners. Eleven podium men. Eight nations. A defending Olympic champion skiing fast. A Swiss Olympic gold medalist on this very slope. Norway stacked across the early bibs.
In the most unforgiving discipline of the season, the final men’s alpine medals in Bormio will not be handed to the safest skier — they will be claimed by the one who attacks, commits, and survives two runs when the margins disappear.
And in a season like this, almost anything is possible.
Course setters — First run: M. Pini (ITA) Second run: R. Velez (FRA)
Men’s Olympic Slalom Race
The men’s Olympic slalom is set for Monday, February 15th. Run one begins at 4:00 a.m. ET / 1:00 a.m. PT, followed by run two at 7:30 a.m. ET / 4:30 a.m. PT. Fans in Great Britain can tune in at 9:00 for the first run and 12:30 for the second.
How to Watch
- 🇺🇸 United States: Live and replay coverage on PeacockTV / USA Network
- 🇨🇦 Canada: Live stream on CBC Sports
- 🇬🇧 Great Britain: Live coverage on Discovery+,
Daily Program
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About the Author: Peter Lange
