Tess Johnson (Vail, Colo.), the youngest member of the U.S. moguls team at 17 years old, made it through five runs down the Tazawako moguls course on Sunday to claim her first World Cup victory in dual moguls. The win was also Johnson’s first podium of her career and came just a few weeks after she made her Olympic debut.

Johnson was one of four U.S. women who made it out of the qualifying rounds. She skied consistently throughout the day leading into her final dual against last year’s overall World Cup winner Britteny Cox of Australia. Johnson took the win with a score of 22 against Cox’s 13. Germany’s Laura Grasemann was third.

"Today was unreal," said Johnson. "I'm overwhelmed by it all. I think the key to my success was just focusing on skiing my very best and taking it one run at a time. I was able to ski faster and better than every girl out there when it really counted and that was something that I've dreamed about for a long time. The other girls skied so fast and challenged me to ski my best. It was definitely a fun competition to ski in and I'm honored to have been a part of it and come out on top!"

Olivia Giaccio (Redding, Conn.), Keaton McCargo (Telluride, Colo.) and Jaelin Kauf (Alta, Wyo.) rounded out the top finishes for the U.S. women in 10th, 12th and 15th respectively.

On the men’s side, Emerson Smith (Dover, Vt.) and Troy Murphy (Bethel, Maine) represented the U.S. men in the round of 16, but were unable to advance and finishined 11th and 13th. Japan’s Ikuma Horishima once again upset Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury to take home his second win of the weekend on home soil. Kazakstan’s Dmitriy Reikhard repeated his result from Saturday’s moguls event with another third place finish.

After this weekend’s results, the U.S. has four women ranked in the top 10 in the World Cup standings; Kauf is third, Johnson is seventh, McCargo eighth and Morgan Schild (Pittsford, N.Y.) 10th. The World Cup tour continues next weekend with men’s and women’s dual moguls in Airolo, Switzerland.

RESULTS
Men’s Dual Moguls
Women’s Dual Moguls

Tommy Ford (Bend, Ore.) posted a career-best World Cup finish in ninth, and Ryan Cochran-Siegle (Starksboro, Vt.) posted a career-best giant slalom result in 10th as the FIS Ski World Cup circuit resumed in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Saturday.

“It was a fight,” said Ford. “Two big mistakes, one from each run, but the skiing was there. It’s been a battle throughout the season, but I’m glad to have this race today on this kind of snow.”

Ford, who finished 10th in a World Cup giant slalom at Beaver Creek last season, led three U.S. Ski Team athletes into the points as Tim Jitloff (Reno, Nev.) finished 14th. Ted Ligety (Park City, Utah) did not finish the first run.

“That second run, I couldn’t be happier with it,” said Cochran-Siegle, who posted the third fastest second run time on a hard, fast course. “I got to sit down in that (leader’s chair) for a while, which is always fun too.”

“It was cool watching Tommy,” Cochran-Siegle added. “He had that little mistake and I think he could’ve really moved up, but he skied great as well.”

Marcel Hirscher of Austria won the race by a massive 1.66 seconds over Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen. Alexis Pinturault of France was third. Hirscher extended his overall World Cup lead to 249 points over Kristoffersen.

Up next, the men race slalom Sunday in Kranjska Gora.

McKennis Top American in Super-G

Alice McKennis (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) was the only member of the U.S. Ski Team to finish in the points in Saturday’s World Cup super-G, finishing 23rd in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.

Breezy Johnson (Victor, Idaho) finished 34th, Laurenne Ross (Bend, Ore) was 45th and Alice Merryweather (Hingham, Mass.) was 50th. Both Lindsey Vonn (Vail, Colo.) and Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, Colo.) are sitting out this weekend’s events.

Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein won the race, followed by Austria’s Anna Veith in second and Wendy Holdener of Switzerland in third. Shiffrin continues to lead the overall World Cup standings by 611 points over Holdener.

Up next, the women compete in alpine combined Sunday with one run of super-G, followed by one run of slalom.

RESULTS
Men’s giant slalom
Women’s super-G

Fresh off of her first Olympic appearance, Keaton McCargo (Telluride, Colo.) led four U.S. women into finals and landed her second career moguls World Cup podium with a third-place finish on day one of competition in Tazawako, Japan.

McCargo skied strong all day, qualifying first into finals and then posting the highest score, an 81.26, heading into the super finals. A small mistake on her final run bumped her down to third place, matching her best finish from a World Cup in Ruka, Finland in 2016.

"I was really just thinking about having fun today," said McCargo. "The pressure from before the Olympics was off and I was able to really be aggressive and ski the way I wanted to. I qualified first in the beginning two runs and felt really confident going into the final. I had one mistake in the middle section that cost me the win but I am happy with were I am. I had a blast skiing and that's the only thing that really matters to me."

France’s newly crowned Olympic gold medalist Perinne Laffont took home the win with Canada’s Justine Dufour-LaPointe in second. Olivia Giaccio (Redding, Conn.) just missed the podium in fourth place. Tess Johnson (Vail, Colo.) was eighth and Morgan Schild (Pittsford, N.Y.) 16th.

On the men’s side, Joel Hedrick (Winter Park, Colo.) was the top U.S. finisher in sixth place. Troy Murphy (Bethel, Maine), Casey Andringa (Boulder, Colo.) and Emerson Smith (Dover, Vt.) also advanced into the final rounds, finishing 10th, 12th, and 16th respectively. Japan’s Ikuma Horishima upset Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury to take the win, with Kazakstan’s Dmitriy Reikhard finishing third.

Action continues in Tazawako on Sunday with the first dual moguls competition of the season. Qualification rounds begin at 12:15 p.m. followed by finals at 1:30 p.m JST.

RESULTS
Men’s Moguls
Women’s Moguls

After bringing home 16 medals from the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, including eight gold, many athletes on the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team are back on their respective World Cup circuits to finish out the 2018 season.

Read on to see where U.S. Ski & Snowboard athletes will be in action this week and how to watch via NBC, NBCSN and the Olympic Channel - Home of Team USA.

FIS Women’s Ski World Cup - Crans-Montana, SUI
The fight for crystal globes continue with a super-G and alpine combined weekend March 3-4 in Crans-Montana. Laurenne Ross (Bend, Ore.), Stacey Cook (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.), Breezy Johnson (Victor, Idaho), Alice Merryweather (Hingham, Mass.) and Alice McKennis (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) are expected to race.

FIS Men’s Ski World Cup - Kranjska Gora, SLO
The men’s tech team will take to the slopes in Kranjska Gora with giant slalom on March 3 and slalom on March 4. Ted Ligety (Park City, Utah) and Tommy Ford (Bend, Ore.) are among the athletes expected to compete.

FIS Freeski World Cup - Silvaplana, SUI
U.S. Freeski Team members Julia Krass (Hanover, N.H.), Willie Borm (Chaska, Minn.) and Cody LaPlante (Truckee, Calif.), along with U.S. athletes Quinn Wolferman, Tim Ryan and Ryan McElmon, will compete in the second to last slopestyle world cup of the season at Silvaplana. Qualifications will take place on Friday, March 2 followed by finals on Saturday, March 3.

FIS Freestyle World Cup - Tazawako, JPN
Jaelin Kauf (Alta, Wyo.) will continue her quest for the overall moguls World Cup title this weekend with single moguls and dual moguls World Cup events March 3-4 in Tazawako. Olympic team members Morgan Schild (Pittsford, N.Y.), Troy Murphy (Bethel, Maine), Brad Wilson (Butte, Mont.), Emerson Smith (Dover, Vt.), Tess Johnson (Vail, Colo.), Keaton McCargo (Telluride, Colo.) and Casey Andringa (Boulder, Colo.) will also be competing.

FIS Freestyle World Cup - Sunny Valley, RUS
Tania Prymak (Goshen, N.Y.), Brant Crossan (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) and Tyler Wallasch (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) will represent the U.S. at the ski cross World Cup in Sunny Valley. Qualifications will take place Friday, March 2 followed by two finals competitions March 3-4.

FIS Cross Country World Cup - Lahti, FIN
The FIS Nordic Ski World Cup continues March 3-4 with freestyle sprint, women's 10k and men's 15k classic events.​

​​​​​​FIS Men’s Ski Jumping World Cup - Lahti, FIN
Fresh off some strong performances at the Games, Kevin Bickner (Wauconda, Ill.), Michael Glasder (Cary, Ill.), Will Rhoads (Park City, Utah) and Casey Larson (Barrington, Ill.) are back on the World Cup circuit for two events in Lahti, Finland. HS130 qualifications will take place on Friday, March 2 followed by a team event on March 3 and an individual jump on March 4.

FIS Nordic Combined World Cup - Lahti, FIN
Taylor Fletcher (Steamboat Springs, Colo.), Jasper Good (Steamboat Springs, Colo.), Ben Berend (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) and Ben Loomis (Eau Claire, Wis.) will compete in a team event on March 3 and an individual event on March 4 in Lahti, Finland.

FIS Snowboard World Cup - La Molina, ESP
U.S. Snowboard Team members Jonathan Cheever (Park City, Utah) and Alex Deibold (Boulder, Colo.) will lead the way for the U.S. at this weekend’s snowboardcross World Cup in La Molina, Spain. Qualifications will take place on Friday, March 2 followed by finals on Saturday, March 3.

FIS Snowboard World Cup - Kayseri, TUR
Americans Steve Maccutcheon and Ryan Rosencranz will represent the U.S. at the parallel giant slalom World Cup in Kayseri, Turkey. Qualifiers and finals will take place on Saturday, March 3.

HOW TO WATCH
*All Times EST

ALPINE
March 3
3:30 a.m. - Men’s giant slalom run 1, Kranjska Gora - OlympicChannel.com
4:30 a.m. - Women’s super-G, Crans-Montana -  OlympicChannel.com
6:30 a.m. - Men’s giant slalom run 2, Kranjska Gora - OlympicChannel.com
8:30 a.m. - Women’s super-G, Crans-Montana - Olympic Channel TV
9:30 a.m. - Men’s giant slalom, Kranjska Gora - Olympic Channel TV
10:30 p.m. - Women’s super-G, Crans-Montana -  NBCSN

March 4
3:30 a.m. - Men’s slalom run 1, Kranjska Gora - OlympicChannel.com
4:30 a.m. - Women’s combined run 1, Crans-Montana -  OlympicChannel.com
8:30 a.m. - Men’s slalom - Kranjska Gora - Olympic Channel TV
9:30 a.m. - Women’s combined, Crans-Montana - Olympic Channel TV

FREESKI
March 3
8:30 a.m. - Slopestyle, Silvaplana - OlympicChannel.com
8:00 p.m. - Slopestyle, Silvaplana - Olympic Channel TV

FREESTYLE
March 2
11:30 p.m. - Moguls, Tazawako - Olympic Channel TV

March 3
3:30 a.m. - Ski Cross, Sunny Valley - OlympicChannel.com
8:30 a.m. - Slopestyle, Silvaplana - OlympicChannel.com
10:30 a.m. - Ski Cross, Sunny Valley - Olympic Channel TV
8:00 p.m. - Slopestyle, Silvaplana - Olympic Channel TV
11:30 p.m. - Dual Moguls, Tazawako - Olympic Channel TV

March 4
2:00 a.m. - Ski Cross, Sunny Valley - OlympicChannel.com
9:00 a.m. - Ski Cross, Sunny Valley - Olympic Channel TV

CROSS COUNTRY
March 3
7:15 a.m. - Men and women sprint - Lahti - OlympicChannel.com
7:00 p.m. - Men and women sprint - Lahti - Olympic Channel TV

March 4
5:15 a.m. - Women’s 10k- Lahti - OlympicChannel.com
8:45 a.m. - Men’s 10k- Lahti - OlympicChannel.com
4:00 p.m. - Women’s 10k- Lahti - Olympic Channel TV

SKI JUMPING
March 2
12:00 p.m. - Men’s individual qualifying - Lahti - OlympicChannel.com

March 3
10:30 a.m. - Men’s team - Lahti - OlympicChannel.com
9:00 p.m. - Men’s team - Lahti - Olympic Channel TV

March 4
9:30 a.m. - Men’s individual - Lahti - OlympicChannel.com
6:00 p.m. - Men’s individual - Lahti - Olympic Channel TV

NORDIC COMBINED
March 3
6:15 a.m. - HS130 - Lahti - OlympicChannel.com
9:30 a.m. - Team sprint - Lahti - OlympicChannel.com

March 4
4:00 a.m. - HS130 - Lahti - OlympicChannel.com
8:45 a.m. - Individual 10k - Lahti - OlympicChannel.com

SNOWBOARD
March 3
5:00 a.m. - Snowboardcross - La Molina - OlympicChannel.com
7:30 a.m. Parallel giant slalom - Kayseri - OlympicChannel.com
6:00 p.m. - Snowboardcross - La Molina - Olympic Channel TV

Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.) wrapped up the 2018 Olympic Winter Games finishing seventh in the 30k mass start classic race Sunday at the Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre.

“It was a tough race for sure,” said Diggins, who finished with a time of 1:25:54.8 after suffering a first-lap crash. “Any time you do 30k it is really hard and it takes a lot of guts. For me, it was my worst race of the games, but I was seventh in the world today and I am really proud of that.”

Norway's Marit Bjoergen won the gold with a time of 1:22:17.6. Finland's Krista Parmakoski claimed the silver medal, while Stina Nilsson of Sweden won the bronze.

Sadie Bjornsen (Winthrop, Wash.) finished 17th with a time of 1:28:50.2, Rosie Frankowski (Anchorage, Alaska) was 21st in 1:31:11.4, and Caitlin Patterson (Anchorage, Alaska) was 26th, crossing the line in 1:32:43.6.

“It was really fun the last 15K, nothing felt really good out there but it was really fun to dig deep,” Bjornsen said. “It was a fun 30K suffer-fest.”

Following the event, Diggins led Team USA into PyeongChang Olympic Stadium as flag bearer for the Closing Ceremony.

RESULTS
Women’s 30k classic
 

Scott Patterson (Anchorage, Alaska) led Team USA, finishing 11th, in the 50k classic cross country race at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games Saturday at the Alpensia Cross Country Ski Centre.

“I had a great race,” said Patterson, who posted the best-ever finish by a U.S. athlete in the 50k. “It was exciting and for that last 5k people were starting to dangle in front of me. It was really fun picking off some of the big names, I really wanted another couple of K’s to get into the top 10, but still, 11th is awesome for a result.”

Finland’s Iivo Niskanen won the gold with a time of 2:08:22. Athletes from Russia took the silver and bronze with Alexander Bolshunov and Andrey Larkov finishing second and third respectively. Canada’s Alex Harvey just missed a medal, finishing in fourth, in a two-up sprint for bronze with Larkov.

Noah Hoffman (Aspen, Colo.) was 33rd, and Taylor Kornfield (Anchorage, Alaska) was 48th.

“Every race has gotten better for me in these Olympics and I would have loved to get a top 30,” Hoffman said. “I thought it was possible with 8k to go, but I had used my two ski exchanges and towards the end, I couldn’t quite hang. It was a brutal race - a 50k classic at the Olympics on a hard course.”

“The first two laps were a little rough for me,” Kornfield said. “At the first ski exchange my new skis were great, and I started to pick people off. You have to put yourself in position to do well and ignore how your body feels. I did that for the first 5k and then when you go off the back like I did, you need to compose yourself and ski your own race.”

RESULTS
Men’s 50k classic
 

Kyle Mack (West Bloomfield, Mich.) claimed the silver medal in inaugural Olympic Winter Games snowboard big air Saturday morning at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Center.

“I’m really stoked,” Mack said. “I came in with the mindset of doing my backside triple and my frontside 14, and I did it. To land those two tricks right off the bat, took all the pressure off me, and to walk away with a silver medal today is just mind-blowing.”

Mack posted a total score of 168.75 for his two best jumps, 5.5 points behind the gold medal score of 174.25 for Canada’s Sebastien Toutant. Great Britain's Billy Morgan won the bronze medal with a score of 168.00.

Chris Corning (Silverthorne, Colo.) finished fourth, while Red Gerard (Silverthorne, Colo.), the gold medalist in snowboard slopestyle earlier in the Games, was fifth.

RESULTS
Men’s Big Air

U.S. Ski & Snowboard, in partnership with Central Cross Country Ski Association (CXC), will live stream Saturday’s Slumberland American Birkebeiner, which is part of the U..S. Ski & Snowboard Super Tour Series.

Racing kicks off with the Elite women’s skate at 8:30 a.m. CDT. Followed by the combined men and women’s elite classic race at 8:35 a.m. and the elite men’s skate race at 8:50 a.m.

The live stream will be available on this page, in addition to the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Facebook page.

Super Tour LIVE Stream

ALPINE
Alpine Team Event Debuts Saturday
Team USA has announced the six athletes who will start in the Olympic debut of the alpine team event at the Yongpyong Alpine Center. The starters are:
Men: David Chodounsky (Crested Butte, Colo.), Mark Engel (Truckee, Calif.), Nolan Kasper (Warren, Vt.)
Women: Megan McJames (Park City, Utah), Tricia Mangan (Buffalo, N.Y.), Alice Merryweather (Hingham, Mass.)
The alpine team event starts at 11:00 a.m. KT Saturday / 9:00 p.m. EST Friday.
START LISTS
Alpine Team Event
Start List Ladder

CROSS COUNTRY
Patterson, Kornfield, Hoffman To Start 50K Classic
Scott Patterson (Anchorage, Alaska) Tyler Kornfield (Anchorage, Alaska) and Noah Hoffman (Aspen Colo.) lead Team USA into the final men’s cross country event, the individual 50k classic, Saturday 2:00 p.m. KT / 12:00 a.m. EST.

SNOWBOARD
Mack, Corning, Gerard Advance to Big Air Medal Round
Kyle Mack (West Bloomfield, Mich.), Chris Corning (Silverthorne, Colo.) and Red Gerard (Silverthorne, Colo.) advanced to the medal round in big air competition at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Center.  Ryan Stassel (Anchorage, Alaska) finished 13th in qualifying heat 2 and did not advance to the finals.
The medal round is scheduled for Saturday, 10:00 a.m. KT / 8:00 p.m. EST Friday.
START LIST
Men’s big air finals

Muss, Trapp For Parallel Giant Slalom
Aaron Muss (Rumson, N.J.) and Michael Trapp (Hyannis, Mass.) will represent Team USA in parallel giant slalom qualifying Saturday, 9:30 a.m. KT / 7:30 p.m. EST Friday.
START LIST
Men’s Parallel giant slalom

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST.

FRIDAY, FEB. 23
NBC
8:00-11:00 p.m. - Alpine team event, big air snowboarding (live), men's parallel GS snowboarding.

NBCSN
12:30-4:00 p.m. - Medal Ceremony, men's 50k classic mass start (live)

Olympic Channel: Home Of Team USA
12:30-1:00 p.m. - Winter Olympics Daily with Jimmy Roberts

NBCOlympics.com - Live Streaming
8:00-9:45 p.m. - Men's big air snowboarding (Saturday)
9:00-10:55 p.m. - Alpine team event (Saturday)
10:00-11:30 p.m. - Parallel giant slalom snowboarding (Saturday)

SATURDAY, FEB. 24
NBC
3:00-6:00 p.m. - Men's 50k classic mass start

Olympic Channel: Home Of Team USA
5:00-7:00 a.m. - Medal Ceremony (live)

NBCOlympics.com - Live Streaming
11:00 p.m.-3:05 a.m. - Men's 50k classic mass start

SUNDAY, FEB. 25
NBC
3:15-5:20 p.m. - Women's 30k classic mass start
7:00-8:00 p.m. - Olympic Gold recaps the PyeongChang Winter Games
8:00-10:30 p.m. - Closing Ceremony

NBCSN
2:00-4:00 a.m. - Women's 30k classic mass start

NBCOlympics.com - Live Streaming
1:15-3:20 a.m. - Women's 30k classic mass start
6:00-8:30 a.m. - Closing Ceremony

Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.) was selected to lead the 2018 U.S. Olympic Team into Sunday's Closing Ceremony as flag bearer, as announced today by the United States Olympic Committee. Diggins was chosen by a vote of fellow members of Team USA.

A two-time Olympian, Diggins made history at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 along with teammate Kikkan Randall, winning Team USA’s first-ever medal for women in cross-country skiing as the pair captured the gold medal in the freestyle team sprint. Diggins powered through the finish, outlasting the team from Sweden in a near-photo finish, winning the Olympic title by 0.19 seconds. It marked the second medal for the U.S. in cross-country skiing in Olympic history, with the first – a silver – won in 1976.

“This is such an incredible honor for me,” said Diggins. “I’m really humbled and moved that the athletes voted for me. It’s so inspiring to feel the support and cheering from everyone. The coolest thing for me about the Games has been getting to meet other athletes on Team USA, and getting to cheer them on at their events and learn about what they do. I have so much respect and admiration for everybody here and am beyond honored to be able to lead us out of these Games.”

In addition to Diggins’ gold medal-winning performance, she also posted four top-six finishes in these Games. Earlier in her career, Diggins was part of the first American team to win a world cup team sprint event, and she and Randall became the first U.S. cross-country skiers to win a world championship gold medal.

“Jessie’s breakthrough performances here in PyeongChang have been inspirational and historic, and her success is representative of years of teamwork and determination from all our athletes,” said USOC CEO Scott Blackmun. “I am proud that she has been recognized with the distinction of being our flag bearer for the Closing Ceremony. Her spirit and dedication to her sport and team members is contagious, and her influence on cross-country skiing and Team USA are remarkable.”  

Diggins is the first cross-country skier to serve as Closing Ceremony flag bearer for Team USA.

U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM FLAG BEARERS – CLOSING CEREMONY

1960     Donald McDermott, Speedskating
1964     Jean Saubert, Alpine Skiing
1968     Tim Wood, Figure Skating
1972     Barbara Ann Cochran, Alpine Skiing
1976     Sheila Young, Speedskating
1980     Eric Heiden, Speedskating
1984     Phil Mahre, Alpine Skiing
1988     Bonnie Blair, Speedskating
1992     Bonnie Blair, Speedskating
1994     Dan Jansen, Speedskating
1998     Cammi Granato, Ice Hockey
2002     Brian Shimer, Bobsled
2006     Joey Cheek, Speedskating
2010     Bill Demong, Nordic Combined
2014     Julie Chu, Ice Hockey
2018     Jessie Diggins, Cross-Country Skiing