The 45th

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season began on 23 October 2010, in

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, Austria, and concluded on 20 March 2011, at the World Cup finals in

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, Switzerland. Being an odd-numbered year, the biennial

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took place in February. The 2011 World Championships were held between 8–20 February at Garmisch Classic in

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, Germany. The season saw the introduction of a new event to the World Cup, the city event. The race in parallel giant slalom took place in

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, Germany. The overall titles were won by

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of Germany and

Ivica Kostelić Ivica Kostelić (; born 23 November 1979) is a Croatian former alpine ski racer. He specialized in slalom and combined, but was also one of the few alpine World Cup ski racers able to score points in all disciplines. He is the brother of skiin ...

of Croatia; both skiers winning their first overall crowns. Kostelić secured his overall victory several races before the end of the season while Riesch and

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of the United States were close together before the finals at

, Switzerland. Riesch had a significant lead after the World Championship but Vonn caught up and took the lead before the last slalom race. Slovenia's

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won her first slalom in that race, Riesch's fourth place compared to Vonn's thirteenth gave her a three-point advantage. The cancellation of the last race – one of four to be cancelled at Lenzerheide – meant that Riesch won the title.

Calendar

Men

Ladies

Nation team event

Men's standings

Overall

Downhill

Super-G

Giant slalom

Slalom

Super combined

Ladies' standings

Overall

Downhill

Super-G

Giant slalom

Slalom

Super combined

Nations Cup

Overall

Men

Ladies

Footnotes

References

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