1970 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Giant Slalom
Men's giant slalom World Cup 1969/1970 Final point standings In men's giant slalom World Cup 1969/70 the best 3 results count. Deductions are given in brackets. Gustav Thöni Gustav Thöni (; sometimes listed as Gustavo Thoeni; born 28 February 1951) is an Italian retired World Cup alpine ski racer. Career Thöni was born in the German-speaking province of South Tyrol, in the hamlet of Trafoi of the Stilfs munici ... won the cup with maximum points. References fis-ski.com {{DEFAULTSORT:1970 Alpine Skiing World Cup - Men's giant slalom Men's giant slalom FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's giant slalom discipline titles ...
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Giant Slalom
Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in Slalom skiing, slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up the technical events in alpine ski racing. This category separates them from the speed events of Super-G and Downhill (ski competition), downhill. The technical events are normally composed of two runs, held on different courses on the same ski run. Course The vertical drop for a GS course must be for men, and for women. The number of gates in this event is 56–70 for men and 46–58 for women. The number of direction changes in a GS course equals 11–15% of the vertical drop of the course in metres, 13–18% for children. As an example, a course with a vertical drop of would have 33–45 direction changes for an adult race. Speed Although giant slalom is not the fastest event in skiing, on average a well-t ...
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