giant slalom

American  

noun

Skiing.

1. a slalom race in which the course has more gates and is longer and steeper than that in a regular slalom.

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giant slalom British  

noun

1. skiing a type of slalom in which the course is longer and the obstacles are further apart than in a standard slalom

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Etymology

Origin of giant slalom

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

Needing a top-15 finish in the final race of the season, the American was 11th in the giant slalom in Lillehammer, Norway.

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In the slalom race of their alpine combined success, they had recorded the fastest time of the day, which boded well for the giant slalom and slalom events later in the Games.

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While many athletes have praised the efforts of organisers to keep the tracks in as good a condition as possible, conditions on Friday during the men's giant slalom events were far from ideal, with British visually impaired skier Fred Warburton describing it as a "bathtub of Slush Puppie".

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The 18-year-old from Bath is set to compete at her first Winter Paralympics in the giant slalom on Thursday and the slalom on Saturday.

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Simpson and Poth have two further chances of medals at these Games, in Friday's giant slalom and Sunday's slalom.

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