giant slalom
a slalom race in which the course has more gates and is longer and steeper than that in a regular slalom.
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The record was previously held by Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark, who dominated giant slalom racing in the eighties and nineties.
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British Dictionary definitions for giant slalom
skiing a type of slalom in which the course is longer and the obstacles are further apart than in a standard slalom
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