1,594 points, ten wins. Federica Brignone ends 2024/25 as overall World Cup champion, 322 points ahead of Lara Gut-Behrami. Five years ago she became the first Italian woman to win it. Now she has done it twice. At 34 she is the oldest skier, male or female, to win it. She also won the downhill and giant slalom globes. Her first overall title was in 2019/20.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Federica BrignoneITA | ITA | 1,594 |
| 2 | Lara Gut-BehramiSUI | SUI | 1,272 |
| 3 | Sofia GoggiaITA | ITA | 931 |
| 4 | Zrinka LjutićCRO | CRO | 816 |
| 5 | Sara HectorSWE | SWE | 752 |
How it was sealed
The overall was settled in La Thuile in mid-March. Brignone left there 384 points ahead of Gut-Behrami with four races left. Gut-Behrami does not race slalom, so she could score at most 300 more. The finals downhill in Sun Valley on 22 March was then cancelled because of wind, which handed Brignone the downhill globe.
The finals
Super-G, 23 March. Brignone led the super-G standings by five points going into the last race. Gut-Behrami won the race and the globe, her sixth in super-G, a record. Lindsey Vonn, 40, was second. It was her first podium of the comeback and her 138th World Cup podium, and it makes her the oldest woman to stand on a World Cup podium. Brignone was third, 0.04 behind Vonn.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time / Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lara Gut-BehramiSUI | SUI | 1:12.35 |
| 2 | Lindsey VonnUSA | USA | +1.29 |
| 3 | Federica BrignoneITA | ITA | +1.33 |
A 1.29-second margin in a 72-second super-G is large. Gut-Behrami started tenth of 22.
Giant slalom, 25 March. Gut-Behrami won again. Brignone took the GS globe. Slalom, 27 March. Mikaela Shiffrin won, her 101st World Cup win. Zrinka Ljutić took the slalom globe.
Brignone’s season
- 10 wins: 2 downhills, 3 super-Gs, 5 giant slaloms. Her best season.
- 16 podiums.
- Downhill globe: her first, 384 points.
- Giant slalom globe.
- Giant slalom world champion in Saalbach.
- Oldest woman to win a World Cup race.
The other globes
- Super-G: Gut-Behrami.
- Slalom: Zrinka Ljutić.
Career: 361 starts, 85 podiums, 37 wins, level with Marlies Schild in eighth on the all-time women’s list. 22 of those wins came after the age of 30, ten of them this winter. Among Italians only Alberto Tomba, with 50, has more.
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Alpine_Skiing_World_Cup_%E2%80%93_…
- thestar.com.my/sport/others/2025/03/23/alpine-skiing-brigno…
- alpineskiworldcup.com/post/alpine-ski-world-cup-2024-2025-overall-…
- kuwaittimes.com/article/25834/sports/other-sports/vonn-takes…
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_FIS_Alpine_Ski_World_Cup