: a slalom race for skiers on a longer and steeper course than that used for the regular slalom
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Recent Examples on the WebMarquette's Maddy Stern won the giant slalom, outracing Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern-Eastern's Katie Grzelak by 0.22 seconds. Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2022 Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic, who competes in both Alpine and snowboarding, won the snowboarding parallel giant slalom for the second consecutive Olympics. Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2022 Mikaela Shiffrin tumbled and was disqualified from the giant slalom.New York Times, 7 Feb. 2022 The race is now scheduled to take place on Monday, between runs of the women’s giant slalom. Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2022 Ligety will enter the downhill competition on Friday, super-G on Saturday, and giant slalom on Sunday, according to NBC Sports. The Editors, Outside Online, 3 Dec. 2014 Rytting placed 14th in giant slalom, 19th in slalom and 20th in downhill, putting her alongside Katy Rudolph and Andrea Mead as the only American women to finish within the top 15 of any race.The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Mar. 2022 Sweden's Sara Hector took the gold in the women's giant slalom, followed by Federica Brignone of Italy and Gut-Behrami with the bronze. Peter Weber, The Week, 7 Feb. 2022 The single run for the men will be sandwiched in between the two runs of the women's giant slalom. Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2022 See More