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Overall ChampionsMarcel Hirscher won the overall title for the eighth successive year.Mikaela Shiffrin won the overall title for the third successive year.
The International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup was the premier circuit for alpine skiing competition. The inaugural season launched in January 1967, and the 2018–19 season marks the 53rd consecutive year for the FISWorld Cup.
This season began in October 2018 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in mid-March 2019 at the finals in Soldeu, Andorra. The biennial World Championships interrupted the tour in early February in Åre, Sweden. During the season, the most successful female skier of all time, four-time overall World Cup champion Lindsey Vonn of the United States, retired after the World Championships, at which she won a bronze medal in downhill. Also, two-time overall champion Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway retired at the same meet, at which he won a silver medal in downhill.
Marcel Hirscher of Austria won his eighth straight men's overall championship, an all-time record, and moved in third place in overall wins (68) behind only Ingemar Stenmark (86) and Vonn (82). Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States won her third straight women's overall championship and moved into 5th place on the overall win list (60). After the season, Hirscher also retired.
Prior to the start of the season, 4-time overall World Cup champion (and 20-time crystal globe winner) Lindsey Vonn of the United States announced her retirement effective as of the end of the season. Due to lingering injuries, she moved her retirement date up to the World Championships in February.
In December, Mikaela Shiffrin became the eighth athlete (four men, four women) to win at least 50 World Cup races across all disciplines, as well as the youngest (at age 23) to do so. Shiffrin ended the season with 17 race victories (3 Super Gs, 4 giant slaloms, 8 slaloms, and 2 parallel slaloms/city events), breaking Vreni Schneider's 30-year-old record of 14 wins in a (much shorter) season, which was set in the 1988-89 season. Shiffrin also won four crystal globes for the season, tying the women's record held by Vonn and Tina Maze.
On 6 March 2019, former slalom season champion (and Olympic gold medalist) Frida Hansdotter announced her retirement from alpine skiing following the 2018–2019 season.
heavy snowfall; Downhill in Beaver Creek was switched with super giant slalom and rescheduled from 1 December 2018 to 30 November 2018
heavy snowfall; Super giant slalom in Beaver Creek was switched with downhill and rescheduled from 30 November 2018 to 1 December 2018; start of competition was postponed for one hour and moved lower because of the heavy snowfall
FIS disqualified Stefan Luitz from the GS victory at Beaver Creek for breaking the organisation's rule by inhaling oxygen before the competition. However, he didn't break the rules of doping and he can continue to compete on normally. Marcel Hirscher initially inherited the race victory. However, later Luitz has successfully overturned his disqualification at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and his result was reinstated.
opening Giant Slalom from Sölden scheduled on 28 October 2018 is rescheduled to Saalbach-Hinterglemm on 19 December 2018.
Because of the worst weather forecast on Saturday, Downhill in Kitzbühel was rescheduled from 26 to 25 January 2019 on Friday. It was switched with original Super-G date.
Because of the worst weather forecast in the weekend, Slalom in Kitzbühel which is easier to organize, is rescheduled from 27 to 26 January 2019. It will be switched with original downhill date.
Because of the downhill switch date on Friday, Super-G in Kitzbühel is rescheduled from 25 to 27 January 2019.
Slalom start in Levi on 17 November 2018 was moved lower; strong wind on top of the course