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]
^"FIS-Ski - FIS World Cup". Archived from the original on 8 December 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
^"US Ski Team: Vonn 'unofficially' clinches super-combined World Cup title when race canceled". Associated Press. 5 March 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
^UPI (11 March 2010). "UPI NewsTrack Sports: Vonn declared super-combined champ". Archived from the original on 17 March 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2010.