Post Beijing Courchevel Readies For World Cup Finals
It's a wave of champions who are already preparing for the most important meeting of the season: the finals of the Alpine Skiing World Cup! A golden opportunity for all our guests to get a closer look at the world's best skiers on our brand new "L'Éclipse" run, and to be able to encourage them in their conquest of the crystal globe. The competitors, the details of the program and the key moments of this event can be discovered here!
The ski elite for intense competition! On the starting line, on the French side, a solid array awaits the spectators: Tessa Worley, Johan Clarey, Mathieu Faivre, Clément Noël and Alexis Pinturault, the emblematic ambassador of our resort and winner of the big crystal globe last winter. But also the big names of the season: Mikaela Shiffrin, Petra Vlhova, Federica Brigone, Sofia Goggia, Sara Hector Michelle Gisin, Marco Odermatt, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Beat Feuz.
The 25 best women and men in each discipline will compete on the Roc Fer Olympic track in Méribel for the technical events and on our brand new "L'Éclipse" track for the speed events.
- "L'Éclipse", the new racy track of our station is unveiled!
- "L'Éclipse" is the flagship track of its finals, it starts at an altitude of 2,234m with technical jumps, areas of light and shadow and a drop of 960m over 3.2km long... a clever mix of complex specificities added to non-standard dimensions which already make it one of the most impressive and demanding on the world circuit.
A historic event is preparing, since “L'Éclipse” will be skied for the first time in official competition during the downhill and Super-G events, on March 16 and 17. A major novelty of this edition eagerly awaited by competitors and spectators alike!
From March 14 to 20, 2022, world skiing has a date with history in Courchevel and Méribel!
Courchevel
- March 14-15: Women's and men's downhill training
Wednesday March 16 - 10 a.m.: Men's downhill
- 11:30 a.m.: Ladies downhill
Thursday March 17
- 10 a.m.: Super G ladies
- 11:30 am: Men's Super G
Méribel
- March 18: Team Parallel
- March 19: Men's and women's giant slalom
- March 20: Women's giant and men's slalom
A unique spectacle in perspective with nearly 25,000 spectators expected at the finish areas or along the slopes who will come to admire and encourage the elite of alpine skiing. For spectators who wish to book in the stands, seats can be reserved online at : www.worldcupfinals2022.com/billeterie/
These World Cup finals are already shaping up to be historic and unforgettable with great moments of emotion that will punctuate this competition! But it is also a rehearsal to prepare for the Alpine Skiing World Championships which will take place from February 6 to 19, 2023 in Courchevel and Méribel.
To follow the preparation and go behind the scenes of this adventure, go to the website: www.courchevelmeribel2023.com
Skiing, sportsmanship, surpassing oneself... in March our resort will welcome all ski lovers for a party already announces as a great moment of communion around the values that make the resort!
