The 44th
World Cup season began on 24 October 2009, in
Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 14 March 2010, at the World Cup finals in
Garmisch, Germany.[1]
The overall titles were won by
Carlo Janka of Switzerland and
Lindsey Vonn of the
U.S., her third consecutive.
The 2010 season also marked the end to a long and successful career for Liechtenstein skier
Marco Büchel.
FIS standards require that three events be completed in a discipline for a discipline trophy to be awarded. During this season, there were only three combined races (all super-combined) scheduled for the women. Because the third race was cancelled on 5 March, FIS had to make a decision about whether an official trophy would be awarded for the discipline.[2] Ultimately, FIS decided to award the discipline trophy to the leader after two events,
Lindsey Vonn, giving her four crystal globes for the year (overall, downhill, Super G and combined).[3]