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The best time wins. There is no side-by-side competition, no judges and no — as Bode Miller likes to note — style points. Skiers compete as individuals, navigating their way down snow on a mountainside one by one in a race against the clock. Slalom is a two-run event — the course is different for each run — and the shortest length of any race and the quickest turns; skiers navigate at least 50 gates in a race that only lasts 45-50 seconds. There were four other events for the men and women at Whistler Creekside: the downhill, the giant slalom, super giant slalom (generally called super-G) and super-combined (also known as super-combi).
