With the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in the rearview mirror, the 2025/2026 Audi FIS Alpine World Cup season roars back into high gear. The focus shifts to the decisive closing races where overall and discipline Crystal Globes hang in the balance—titles that define legacies in alpine skiing.
Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) remains the dominant force on the women’s side, holding a solid lead in the overall standings (around 1,141–1,493 points across updates) and already clinching her record ninth slalom Crystal Globe earlier this season. Fresh off Olympic slalom gold, the queen of technical skiing heads into the final push with eyes on a historic sixth overall title. Her closest rival, Germany’s rising star Emma Aicher, trails by about 125 points, keeping the overall chase alive—especially with speed events still offering big points.
In giant slalom, Austria’s Julia Scheib just sealed her first-ever discipline Crystal Globe with a commanding victory in Åre on March 14, 2026, fending off challenges and capitalizing on a DNF from Switzerland’s Camille Rast. Shiffrin recovered from a first-run error to grab fifth, adding crucial overall points.
On the men’s side, Swiss superstar Marco Odermatt towers over the overall leaderboard with 1,590+ points after 32 races, looking unstoppable in his bid for another multi-globe season—dominating downhill, super-G, and giant slalom while chasing the overall crown yet again.
The calendar heats up fast: After technical battles in Åre (Sweden) this weekend—including today’s slalom where Shiffrin holds strong after Run 1—the circuit wraps with speed showdowns in Kvitfjell (Norway) and the season-ending World Cup Finals in Lillehammer/Hafjell (March 21–25, 2026). These final events will crown the champions across downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, and the prestigious overall titles.
Every gate, every second counts now—will Shiffrin slam the door on her sixth overall Globe? Can Aicher pull off a stunning upset? Will Odermatt complete another sweep? The drama is electric, the stakes are sky-high, and the Crystal Globes are within reach.
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