Is Winter the Real Competition for Mikaela Shiffrin and Marco Odermatt This FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup 2023/24

Alpine skiing is one of the most gripping winter sports in the world. It has captivated the hearts of the fans for a while now, and the excitement around the sport is about to get more real. The five-month adrenaline rush around the Alpine Skiing World Cup 2023/2024 is set to commence yesterday, where some of the best skiers in the world will lock their horns for the scintillating crystal globe.

Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States and Marco Odermatt of Switzerland are all set to defend their titles. However, amid the anticipation of the event, there is a significant challenge for the athletes who are going to participate in it. The skiers will have to face formidable weather complications that await the athletes vying to claim the coveted trophy. Hours before the World Cup, the news has hit the headlines and is taking the alpine skiing world by storm.

What can possibly go wrong?

As per the reports from AP News, global warming is the first obstacle that skiers will have to overcome. As per a scientific study, the ski resorts in Europe will encounter a lack of snow if the temperature goes past 2 degrees Celsius. It is also reported that scant snowfall and the warm temperature in Central Europe have caused the grass to cover the cliffs of the mountains there.

WHISTLER CREEKSIDE, CANADA – FEBRUARY 20: (FRANCE OUT) Lindsey Vonn of the USA skis and wins the bronze medal during the Women’s Alpine Skiing Super-G on Day 9 of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games on February 20, 2010 in Whistler Creekside, Canada. (Photo by Alain Grosclaude/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)This is a rising concern for the organizers, as it can seriously hamper the smooth functioning of the Alpine Skiing World Cup 2023/2024. Toni Hadi, the director of Switzerland?s Adelboden, stated, “The climate is a bit changing, but what should we do here? Shall we stop with life? Life is not easy. Everything is difficult, not only to prepare a ski slope.” Adelboden, who hosts the event, has faced the scarcity of snow and grassy patches, which is posing challenges to Hadi and many organizers like him.

More so, patches of grass and visible land were also spotted in regions like Innsbruck in Austria, Villars-sur-Ollon and Crans-Montana in Switzerland, and Lenggries in Germany. Despite all of these concerns, the Alpine Skiing World Cup 2023/2024 is set to start with its traditional fashion, which is with two giant slalom events on an Austrian glacier.

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How the Alpine Skiing World Cup 2023/2024 will start?

The female skiers will compete on Saturday, while the men’s competition will take place on Sunday. This World Cup season will mark the busiest season in the 57-year history of the event, as a sequence of 90 events will be running until March, and the races will be symmetrically separated for both the men’s and women’s categories.

The season will also witness the first-ever cross-border downhill races, which are set to kick off in Zermatt in Switzerland and conclude in Cervinia in Italy. The cross-border races are happening because the season does not have any interruptions from the Olympics or world championships.

In February and March, the men’s Alpine Skiing World Cup 2023/2024? events will also feature a second North American series, which is set to commence in Palisades, Tahoe, and Aspen in the month of February and end in March. The men’s pack will also race in Beaver Creek in November, whereas the women will race in Killington and Tremblant.

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