How to Use giant slalom in a Sentence

giant slalom

noun
  • Pinturault missed last weekend’s giant slalom race for a happier reason.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Shiffrin won the giant slalom at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.
    Dallas News, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Then Mikaela Shiffrin skied out on the first run of the giant slalom.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Rogers was ninth in the giant slalom at Wachusett last year.
    Scott Souza, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Shiffrin had seemed like a lock for some kind of medal in the giant slalom or slalom.
    Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Shiffrin has won gold medals in all the events but is best at slalom and giant slalom.
    Fred Bowen, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
  • His second gold came in the giant slalom at Sochi in 2014.
    Jenna West, SI.com, 17 Feb. 2018
  • On Monday, Shiffrin skidded out of a turn near the top of the giant slalom course and was out of the race.
    Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Hirscher is the favorite in the giant slalom and slalom, both of which are next week.
    Tim Layden, SI.com, 13 Feb. 2018
  • In slalom and giant slalom, skiers race through a course of gates making quick turns on the snow.
    Fred Bowen, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Then Hirscher, the favorite to win the slalom and giant slalom, flew through the slalom with his red skis.
    Mark Zeigler, latimes.com, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Shiffrin failed to finish her first run in each of her first two races — the giant slalom and slalom.
    Noah Trister, ajc, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Andrea Mead Lawrence won the slalom and giant slalom at the 1952 Oslo Olympics, which doubled as the worlds.
    Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Shiffrin will compete in all five Alpine events, but the giant slalom is one of her strengths.
    Mark Osborne, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2022
  • One for slalom and giant slalom, and another one for the park.
    Ailene Voisin, sacbee, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Next week brings the slalom and giant slalom races, the events that Shiffrin dominates.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The giant slalom will also now be Friday so the events will be back to back.
    Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Two days after skiing out in the first run of the giant slalom, Shiffrin did the same in the first run of the slalom Wednesday.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2022
  • She is currently ranked 24th in the world in giant slalom, and last year won the U.S. title in the event.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The slalom and giant slalom are held on the even steeper Gran Risa trail, hitting 69%.
    Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021
  • There was the fall in the giant slalom at Kronplatz, just before the 2018 Olympics.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2022
  • He is set to compete in the slalom and giant slalom events starting next week.
    oregonlive, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Kristoffersen has 19 slalom wins and now five in giant slalom.
    Andrew Dampf, ajc, 19 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • That was even less time than her 10-second-or-so trip down the hill in the first run of the giant slalom on Monday.
    Howard Fendrich, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Feb. 2022
  • On Monday, the women’s giant slalom with Mikaela Shiffrin will be the first Alpine medal race.
    Graham Dunbar, The Seattle Times, 10 Feb. 2018
  • Four years later, Shiffrin won gold in the giant slalom and silver in the combined.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2020
  • AJ Muss and Mike Trapp made the team in parallel giant slalom.
    Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2018
  • A few hours later came that first flub, a shaky left turn in the giant slalom and a slide onto her hip.
    New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Petoskey's Wyatt Mattson won the boys giant slalom and his teammate, Nolan Walkerdine, won the slalom.
    Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2023

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