Start List Women Solden World Cup

New Zealand’s Alice Robinson in the silver-fern-decorated RedBull helmet will race in bib 1. | Image: Alice Robinson The 2026–27 Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup season gets underway tomorrow, Saturday, October 24. with the women’s giant slalom. The race on the Rettenbach Glacier in Sölden, Austria, will see 67 racers in the starting gate. Bib draw for the starting order was on Friday night and saw New Zealand’s Alice Robinson draw lucky bib 1. Related: FIS World Cup 101: How Does a Giant Slalom Race Work? The bib draw saw last season’s giant slalom Crystal Globe winner Julia Scheib in bib 2. Sweden’s Sara Hector and Norway’s Thea Louise Stjernesund start third and fourth, respectively, ahead of American superstar Mikaela Shiffrin in bib 5. Shiffrin is followed by her teammate Paula Moltzan, while Switzerland’s Camille Rast rounds out the top 7 highest-ranked giant slalom ski racers that benefit from the separate bib draw for the first seven starting slots. New Zealand’s Alice Robinson signing autographs at the bib draw on Friday night. | Image: Alice Robinson Sölden Women’s Giant Slalom Start List Alice Robinson (NZL) Julia Scheib (AUT) Sara Hector (SWE) Thea Louise Stjernesund (NOR) Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) Paula Moltzan (USA) Camille Rast (SUI) Britt Richardson (CAN) Zrinka Ljutic (CRO) Lara Colturi (ALB) Mina Fürst Holtmann (NOR) Lara Della Mea (ITA) Lena Dürr (GER) Nina O’Brien (USA) Maryna Gasienica-Daniel (POL) Emma Aicher (GER) Wendy Holdener (SUI) Petra Vlhova (SVK) Stephanie Brunner (AUT) Neja Dvornik (SLO) Asja Zenere (ITA) Vanessa Kasper (SUI) AJ Hurt (USA) Estelle Alphand (SWE) Sue Piller (SUI) Madeleine Sylvester-Davik (NOR) Elisabeth Bocock (USA) Marta Bassino (ITA) Franziska Gritsch (AUT) Hilma Loevblom (SWE) Laura Pirovano (ITA) Kira Weidle-Winkelmann (GER) Corinne Suter (SUI) Anna Trocker (ITA) Doriane Escane (FRA) Dania Allenbach (SUI) Sophie Mathiou (ITA) Ilaria Ghisalberti (ITA) Francesca Baruzzi Farriol (ARG) Sophie Nyberg (SWE) Alice Pazzaglia (ITA) Simone Wild (SUI) Sohui Gim (KOR) Katie Hensien (USA) Mary Bocock (USA) Hanna Aronsson Elfman (SWE) Charlotte Lingg (LIE) Stefanie Grob (SUI) Giorgia Collomb (ITA) Jana Fritz (GER) Fabiana Dorigo (GER) Shaienne Zehnder (SUI) Katie Rowekamp (USA) Arianne Forget (CAN) Leonie Raich (AUT) Tatum Bieler (ITA) Iria Medina Girones (AND) Natalie Falch (AUT) Cassidy Gray (CAN) Elena Riederer (AUT) Sina Fausch (SUI) Justine Lamontagne (CAN) Valentina Rings-Wanner (AUT) Cornelia Öhlund (SWE) Ricarda Haaser (AUT) Emilia Mondinelli (ITA) Victoria Olivier (AUT) Mikaela Shiffrin finished in 4th place at Sölden last year. | Image: FIS Who to Watch Shiffrin and Moltzan lead a strong American contingent that also includes Nina O’Brien (bib 14), AJ Hurt (23), Elisabeth Bocock (27), Katie Hensien (44), Mary Bocock (45) and Katie Rowekamp (53). Rowekamp is having her World Cup debut tomorrow. The 17-year-old had her first year of FIS competitions last year and this year made the Stifel U.S. Ski Team after finishing her rookie season ranked 78th in the world. The Girdwood, Alaska native is currently at Burke Mountain Academy, which also produced talents like Shiffrin and O’Brien. Team Canada is sending four ski racers to the starting gate. Britt Richardson leads Alpine Canada in bib8. Arianne Forget (54), Cassidy Gray (59) and Justine Lamontagne (62) complete the Canadian lineup. Valerie Grenier is sadly out with a knee injury. Related: Canadian Ski Racer Valerie Grenier Injured During Training in Sölden, Austria Aside from Rowekamp, the start lists sees a few other exciting youngsters in the lineup. Italy’s Anna Trocker, also 17 but born in 2008, will be the second youngest starter behind the American. Trocker, however, has a head start on the American: she had her World Cup debut at the World Cup Finals in Norway and two Olympic starts under her belt. Related: Italian Ski Racer Anna Trocker Joins Team Red Bull Petra Vlhova from Slovakia will be in the starting gate after two years of absence from the World Cup circuit, following a serious injury on home-soil in Jasna, Slovakia, in January 2024. Vlhova competed at the 2026 Olympics but this will be her first official return to World Cup racing. Skiing on new gear this season we have Paula Moltzan, who joined Van Deer’s racing team this year. Also, Alice Robinson switched from Salomon to HEAD for the 2026-27 season while Colturi joined HEAD from Blizzard. Last but not least Austria’s Franziska Gritsch has joined Atomic. It will interesting to see if the equipment changes will make a difference on race performance. The season opener is always met with a lot of anticipation as it gives a glimpse into how everyone’s racing form is after the summer. Interestingly enough, for the last three seasons, the season open winner also wound up being the overall season Chrystal Globe winner: Scheib in 2025-26, Federica Brignone in 2024-25, and Lara Gut-Behrami in 2023-24. The 2026-27 field is certainly stacked with talent, so it will be exciting to see who manages to snatch victory in Sölden tomorrow. The first run is scheduled for 10 a.m. local time, with the second run at 1 p.m. The post Start List Women Solden World Cup appeared first on SnowBrains.