2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals TV, live stream schedule

Mikaela Shiffrin goes for a seventh slalom season title on the Alpine snowboarding World Cup Finals on NBC Sports activities, Olympic Channel and Peacock Premium this week.

Shiffrin, probably the most profitable slalom skier in historical past with 45 World Cup wins (amongst 69 whole victories), trails within the standings by an erasable 37 factors going into this week’s finale in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.

Crystal globes for season champions in each self-discipline, plus the general (ski racing’s greatest annual prize) are awarded on the World Cup Finals. The final race for every main self-discipline per gender — downhill, super-G, big slalom and slalom — is scheduled from Wednesday by way of Sunday.

Shiffrin’s key race is Saturday’s slalom. Even with a win, she would want assist to maneuver from third place to first within the last standings, accumulating outcomes from all 9 slaloms this season. If rival Petra Vlhova finishes first or second, she takes the crystal globe.

Vlhova additionally owns a 96-point lead within the general standings, seeking to be the primary Slovakian to win an general title. A race winner will get 100 factors, adopted by 80 factors for second, 60 for third and 50 for fourth on a scale that continues to descend. Swiss Lara Intestine-Behrami can put strain on Vlhova by performing nicely within the opening downhill on Wednesday and super-G on Thursday.

The lads’s general race is tighter between Frenchman Alexis Pinturault, probably the most profitable male World Cup skier in historical past with out an general title, and 23-year-old Swiss phenom Marco Odermatt. Pinturault leads by 31 factors going into the final 4 races. Each males are strongest in big slalom.

In different sports activities, Shaun White is on the entry checklist for the U.S. Grand Prix at Aspen, Colorado, which might mark his first snowboard contest for the reason that 2018 Olympics. White beforehand entered two contests in January this season however didn’t compete, withdrawing from one because of journey considerations to Europe and the opposite because of a knee damage.

The U.S. Grand Prix is the primary of a number of U.S. Olympic qualifiers for snowboarding and freeskiing, with the remaining coming subsequent season. An absence doesn’t take an athlete out of the working for Olympic spots.

The primary People to qualify for the 2022 Olympics will likely be confirmed in biathlon. On the conclusion of that World Cup season on Sunday, not less than two with the perfect outcomes this season will qualify. Presently, Susan Dunklee and Clare Egan are in qualifying place.

World Freestyle Snowboarding and Snowboarding Championships  — Aspen, Colorado

Alpine Snowboarding World Cup Finals  — Lenzerheide, Switzerland

Biathlon World Cup  — Ostersund, Sweden

Freestyle Snowboarding World Cup  — Aspen, Colorado (Halfpipe/Slopestyle) and Veysonnaz, Switzerland (Ski Cross)

Nordic Mixed World Cup  — Klingenthal, Germany

Ski Leaping World Cup  — Nizhny Tagil, Russia

Snowboarding World Cup  — Aspen, Colorado (Huge Air/Slopestyle), Veysonnaz, Switzerland (Snowboard Cross) and Berchtesgaden, Germany (Alpine)

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