2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's downhill explained

The women's downhill in the 2023 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of nine events, including the final.^[1] The original schedule called for eleven events, but the first two races of the season scheduled for 5 and 6 November 2022 in Zermatt/Cervinia (on the Matterhorn, which would have crossed an international border between the start (in Switzerland) and the finish (in Italy)), were canceled due to adverse weather conditions; the FIS decided not to reschedule them.^[2] Once the season began, a downhill scheduled in St. Anton on 14 January had to be converted into a Super-G due to the inability to hold a pre-race training run on either of the two days prior to the downhill. However, a subsequent Super-G scheduled at Cortina d'Ampezzo was converted into a downhill, restoring the original schedule.

Three-time discipline champion (and two-time defending champion) Sofia Goggia of Italy won four of the first five downhills, similar to the prior two seasons, and established a lead of more than 200 points. Goggia was the only skier to reach the podium in all five races, as she finished second in the race that she did not win. After winning the race in Crans Montana, Switzerland, Goggia held a lead of 179 points over 2017 discipline champion Ilka Štuhec of Slovenia, with only two races remaining.^[3] In the next downhill in Kvitfjell, Goggia's runner-up finish secured her third straight discipline championship (and fourth overall).^[4]

The season was interrupted by the 2023 World Ski Championships in the linked resorts of Courchevel and Méribel, France from 6–19 February 2023. Although the Alpine Skiing branch of the International Ski Federation (FIS) conducts both the World Cup and the World Championships, the World Championships are organized by nation (a maximum of four skiers is generally permitted per nation), and (after 1970) the results count only for World Championship medals, not for World Cup points. Accordingly, the results in the World Championship are highlighted in blue and shown in this table by ordinal position only in each discipline. The women's downhill was held in Méribel on 11 February.

The World Cup finals took place on Wednesday, 15 March in Soldeu, Andorra, which also hosted the finals in 2019. Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup downhill discipline and the winner of the Junior World Championship, plus any skiers who have scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification for the season, were eligible to compete in the discipline final, and only the top 15 earned World Cup points.

Standings

align=right bgcolor=ffebcd	Venue									WC
	Skier													Total
	align=left bgcolor=ffcf40	Sofia Goggia	bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	100	100	80	100	100	DNF	DSQ	100	80	80	740
2	align=left bgcolor=d1d1d1		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	45	45	22	80	80	100	⑥	29	50	100	551
3	align=left bgcolor=db781b		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	80	60	60	18	DNF	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	③	11	60	20	309
4		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	32	22	100	32	32	60	⑬	10	20	DNF	308
5		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	50	45	14	36	4	29	④	26	24	45	273
6	Lara Gut-Behrami	bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	13	20	32	22	45	50	⑨	20	10	60	272
7		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	36	24	7	60	60	16	⑧	18	DNF	29	250
8	Kajsa Vickhoff Lie	bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	1	1	0	7	20	80	⑮	5	100	32	246
9		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	40	80	18	40	18	DNF	②	4	29	DNF	229
10		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	6	29	32	13	9	50	⑩	50	13	24	226
11		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	15	5	45	6	29	26	DNF	24	32	40	222
12	Mikaela Shiffrin	bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	DNS	40	50	50	36	DNS	45	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	221
13		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	29	50	15	29	6	6	⑰	45	18	22	220
14		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	3	36	0	13	DNS	80	36	50	218
15	Jasmine Flury	bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	26	16	50	26	8	13	①	14	14	18	185
16		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	60	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	24	45	14	22	④	0	DNF	0	165
17	Isabella Wright	bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	20	13	DNF	24	24	15	⑲	DNF	22	36	154
18		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	5	4	7	9	36	DNF	⑫	60	0	29	150
19		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	9	32	12	16	11	26	DNS	32	2	0	140
20		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	2	12	3	11	5	40	⑪	40	26	0	139
21		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	8	0	26	14	22	14	⑭	36	16	0	136
22	Stephanie Venier	bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	11	11	15	26	32	⑦	3	15	0	113
23		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	3	15	0	13	15	20	DNS	0	45	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	111
24		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	22	36	0	3	13	10	⑱	0	5	16	105
25	Christina Ager	bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	15	2	20	10	10	10	DNS	16	11	0	94
26		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	DNS	9	20	40	20	DNS	DNF	DNS	89
27		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	24	26	DNF	2	18	12	⑮	DNF	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	82
28		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	0	10	16	8	DNS	DNF	6	8	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	48
	Delia Durrer	bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	11	20	0	0	2	8	DNS	0	7	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	48
30	Ariane Rädler	bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	16	14	0	1	DNS	13	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	44
31		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	10	9	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	0	DNS	15	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	0	34
		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	4	8	0	5	3	7	DNS	7	0	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	34
		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	0	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	1	DNS	24	9	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	34
34		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	DNF	0	5	0	0	11	DNS	12	4	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	32
35		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	18	7	0	0	0	0	DNS	2	0	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	27
36		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	0	0	0	0	0	0	DNS	8	12	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	20
		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	7	6	3	4	DNF	DNS	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	20
38		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	DNF	0	10	DNF	0	DNF	㉒	0	6	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	16
39		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	0	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	14	0	0	0	㉓	1	0	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	15
		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	12	0	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	0	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	3	DNS	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	15
41		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	DNS	DNF	DNS	9	DNS	9
42		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	0	0	8	DNF	DNF	0	DNS	DNF	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	8
43		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	0	DNS	7	0	DNS	0	0	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	7
44		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	0	0	0	0	0	4	DNS	0	2	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	6
45		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	DNS	0	5	DNS	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	5
46		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	DNS	4	0	0	DNF	DNS	0	0	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	4
47		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	DNS	0	DNF	DNS	3	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	3
		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	0	0	0	0	0	3	⑳	DNF	0	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	3
49		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	DNS	0	0	0	1	㉑	0	bgcolor=lavender	DNS	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	1
		bgcolor=red	x	bgcolor=red	x	DNS	1	0	DNS	0	0	bgcolor=palegreen	NE	1
	References	bgcolor=pink		bgcolor=pink		[5]	[6]	[7]	[8]	[9]	[10]	[11]	[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIS CALENDAR & RESULTS - World Cup Women DH. fis-ski.com. 3 December 2022.
2. Web site: Campionati Italiani invernali di lanci. sport.sky.it. it. 25 October 2022. 3 December 2022.
3. News: Italy's Sofia Goggia nears World Cup downhill title with victory in Switzerland. Associated Press. CBC. 26 February 2023. 26 February 2023.
4. News: KAJSA VICKHOFF LIE TAKES GOLD IN WOMEN'S DOWNHILL, SOFIA GOGGIA SEALS FOURTH WORLD CUP CRYSTAL GLOBE. Sam. Rooke. Eurosport. 4 March 2023. 4 March 2023.
5. Web site: Audi FIS Ski World Cup Lake Louise Women's DH (CAN). FIS. 2 December 2022.
6. Web site: Audi FIS Ski World Cup Lake Louise Women's DH (CAN). FIS. 3 December 2022.
7. Web site: Audi FIS Ski World Cup St. Moritz Women's DH (SUI). FIS. 16 December 2022.
8. Web site: Audi FIS Ski World Cup St. Moritz Women's DH (SUI). FIS. 17 December 2022.
9. Web site: Audi FIS Ski World Cup Cortina d'Ampezzo Women's DH (ITA). FIS. 20 January 2023.
10. Web site: Audi FIS Ski World Cup Cortina d'Ampezzo Women's DH (ITA). FIS. 21 January 2023.
11. Web site: FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Courchevel Méribel Women's DH (FRA). FIS. 11 February 2023.
12. Web site: Audi FIS Ski World Cup Crans Montana Women's DH ]|access-date=26 February 2023}].