How to Use giant slalom in a Sentence

giant slalom

noun
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  • Sarchett claimed the overall title for boys by finishing with medals in all three races, including golds in the slalom and giant slalom.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Deubel took fourth in the Super G, second in slalom and fourth in the giant slalom to rack up the necessary points to prevail.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Combined with her fourth-place finish in giant slalom and seventh-place finish in slalom, Stahla finished second in the overall standings.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Skiers compete in giant slalom, slalom and Super G, with the top-four times in each event accumulated to determine the team score.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Sang Min Han won South Korea’s first winter medal, a silver in giant slalom back in 2002.
    — Roxanna Scott, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The men’s season kicks off Sunday with the traditional giant slalom on the Rettenbach glacier, a day after the women’s season opens.
    — Eric Willemsen, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Next week brings the slalom and giant slalom races, the events that Shiffrin dominates.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • Four years later, Shiffrin won gold in the giant slalom and silver in the combined.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2020
  • 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
  • Hubert Strolz won gold in combined at the 1988 Calgary Olympics and the silver in the giant slalom.
    — Bernie Wilson, Chron, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Her chances are much better next weekend, with a giant slalom and slalom in Are, Sweden.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2023
  • 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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