Italy's Federica Brignone and New Zealand's Alice Robinson blew away the field Thursday, with Moltzan sneaking into the No. 3 spot.

Italian Federica Brignone will go into a home Olympics as a reigning world champion, while Minnesotan Paula Moltzan is a first-time individual world medalist, 12-plus years after her debut at ski racing's highest level.

Kearsarge senior Alex Spinney carves his way down the giant slalom course at Gunstock on Tuesday at the NHIAA Division III boys’ Alpine skiing championship. Spinney finished fifth in the GS and seventh in the slalom,

That was the social media message from Lucas Pinheiro Braathen on the eve of his debut for Brazil at the Alpine skiing world championships. The dancing for Pinheiro Braathen will come on Friday and Sunday when he races the giant slalom and slalom at worlds and chases Brazil’s first medal.

Switzerland's Wendy Holdener speeds down the course during a women's giant slalom, at the Alpine Ski World Championships, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/

From a physical standpoint, Mikaela Shiffrin is back to her winning form after a serious crash. From a mental standpoint, there remains work to be done. That’s why Shiffrin sat out the giant slalom event Thursday at the world championships two days after taking gold in the team combined event.

Austrian skier Raphael Haaser ended the Swiss dominance in the men's events at the Alpine world championships by winning the giant slalom Friday. Haaser improved from fifth place in the opening run as the leading racers faltered in the second and finished ahead of three Swiss rivals.

Paula Moltzan knows the feeling all too well. Already at this year's Alpine skiing world championships, she was on the U.S. squad that finished fourth in the mixed team parallel event. Then she couldn't hold on to the lead that partner Lauren Macuga had set up in the downhill portion of the new team combined event and ended up fourth with her slalom run.

The Laramie alpine ski team placed one athletes inside the top-12 of a giant slalom race on the final day of the Pinedale invitational on Saturday at White Pines Ski

After winning the women's giant slalom World Cup race on Friday, the giant slalom world champion won it again on Saturday at the Sestriere ski resort in Turin, Italy.

Watch live coverage of the Women’s Giant Slalom at the Alpine World Ski Championships taking place in Saalbach, Austria.