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had opened a commanding lead in the discipline by winning four of the races and finishing second in the other. The remainder of the season was held in March, after the

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, but in the first post-Olympic event, Odermatt clinched the crystal globe for the season championship. As discussed above, the season was interrupted by the

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(at the

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) from 6–19 February 2022. Each nation is limited to no more than four competitors per event. The men's giant slalom was held at the "Ice River" course on 13 February 2022. The World Cup final was held on Saturday, 19 March in the linked resorts of

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and

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, which are located in

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, on the Roc de Fer course at Méribel. Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup downhill discipline and the winner of the Junior World Championship, plus athletes who have scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification for the season, are eligible to compete in the final, and only the top 15 earn World Cup points.

Standings

* * * *DNS = Did not start *DNQ = Did not qualify for run 2 *DNF1 = Did not finish run 1 *DSQ1 = Disqualified run 1 *DNF2 = Did not finish run 2 *DSQ2 = Disqualified run 2 *NE = Not Eligible for finals Updated at 19 March 2022 after all events.

References

External links

Alpine skiing
at FIS website {{DEFAULTSORT:2022 Alpine Skiing World Cup - Men's giant slalom Men's giant slalom FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's giant slalom discipline titles

Standings

See also

References

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