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When WC Finals are weather-threatened, cancellations carry a heavy weight It’s often forgotten that prior to 2005, there were no World Cup Finals. Season titles were claimed at various times and venues when the last race of each discipline was held. Somewhere in there, the overall would be clinched, occasionally in the absence of the victor’s presence. Not very dramatic. These days, thanks in large part to some enterprising Swiss from Lenzerheide, the World Cup Finals, as we know them today, bring all the contenders together, male and female, to create a collective finish line for the season. It’s got sporting drama … and some. This year, the titles that remain undecided include men’s overall, GS and super G. On the women’s side, the overall, slalom, and downhill remain in play. ....
Can Pinturault finally seal the deal? At 29 years old, Frenchman Alexi Pinturault has been recognized as the best four-event skier on the World Cup for the last half-dozen years. That he hasn’t won an overall title or a title in his favorite discipline giant slalom says a lot about the era in which he has skied. Ted Ligety thwarted his early attempts at a GS title, followed by Marcel Hirscher, who bogarted every title in sight until his retirement two years ago. (For more insight on that, be sure to catch the coverage on the networks of NBC this weekend and through the end of the season where Steve Schlanger and I will be joined by Ted Ligety from his home in Park City, Utah, hopefully while his twins are asleep.) ....