Overview
- Loic Meillard overturned a 0.06-second deficit from the first run to win by 0.73 seconds for his second victory of the season and ninth overall.
- Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, now racing for Brazil after a 2024 federation switch, led the opener but finished second as his first GS win for Brazil remained out of reach.
- The Schladming event was the last World Cup giant slalom before the Olympic GS scheduled for February 14 in Bormio.
- France’s Alban Elezi Cannaferina logged the fastest second run to rise from eighth to third for his first World Cup podium.
- Olympic GS champion Marco Odermatt placed fourth on the icy Planai under floodlights despite multiple GS wins this season, including Adelboden.