SOELDEN, Austria (AP) β Technical events? 23. Speed races? 19.
The men’s World Cup calendar has sparked a debate about fairness. Do downhill and super-G racers have an equal chance to win the overall title when slalom and giant slalom specialists are given four more opportunities to score points?
Hannes Reichelt doesn’t think so.
The super-G world champion slams the inequality in the calendar, saying it leaves speed specialists without a realistic chance.
But though his Austrian teammate Marcel Hirscher has won four titles in a row while competing almost exclusively in slalom and GS, opinions among racers are divided.
Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal says “the same amount of races … would be the most fair. But that (Hirscher) has won four in a row is not an argument that it’s not fair.”
