On the final day of the Stifel Birds of Prey, hometown boy River Radamus led the way with his top performance of the season in sixth place, jumping 12 spots from first run. Teammate Ryder Sarchett and Global Racing’s George Steffey landed in 25th and 27th. It was Sarchett's first World Cup points. 

"I tried really hard. I thought that I laid it on the line, and I gave myself the opportunity for the upset and fast skiing," said Radamus. 

It was a cold but picture-perfect Colorado day for the men’s giant slalom skiers. The Talon Crew worked relentlessly the day prior, clearing the snow from the storm and the surface was perfect. Radamus ran first for the Stifel U.S. Ski Team. He held back in spots and ended up further down the results list than he would want – but he know how to bring it back. 

The first run excitement continued for young skier Sarchett who blasted from bib 52 to 27th. The crowd cheered him in and he threw his hands up in joy. Then Global Racing athlete George Steffey continued the success, punching it into 25th. 

"I went for it and I just did what I had to do," said Sarchett. "I haven't been skiing very fast in training, but I knew if I went for it things can happen." 

On the second run, both Sarchett and Steffey made it down to score points and ramp up the crowd for Radamus. Radamus got the crowd on their feet as he linked turns, moving into the top spot and ended up second on the second run. He would move up 12 spots to sixth place to mark a great end to the North American stops. 

"I felt like I haven't had a good run of giant slalom this year up to the level that I think I'm capable," said Radamus. "It's been frustrating knowing that I'm able to ski a lot faster than I am, and I just really want to put one together. I finally feel like I did that."

Steffey took home the Stifel Bibbo Award, skiing from bib 58 to 27th place.

The winner of the race was none other than Swiss Marco Odermatt. Italian Alex Vinatzer was second and Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen took third. Stifel U.S. Ski Team member Patrick Kenney did not finish but is ok. Bridger Gile and Isaiah Nelson did not qualify for a second run. 

The men now head overseas for the next tech World Cup in Val d’Isere, France. 

RESULTS
Men's giant slalom 

On day two of the two-day series of giant slalom races in Tremblant, Stifel U.S. Ski Team athletes Mikaela Shiffrin and Paula Moltzan had a strong day, finishing in fourth and sixth place, respectively. 

It was another brisk day in Tremblant and the women took what they learned from the day prior into the final day out east. Shiffrin, Moltzan and Nina O’Brien all impressed with strong first runs. O’Brien sat in third, Shiffrin sixth and Moltzan 18th. However, if they learned anything from Saturday’s race, the second run could change everything.

“I watched the video, refocused, picked some points in which I needed to improve on and locked in," said Moltzan. 

Moltzan was the first American to run in the second run, skiing flawlessly down the false flats and through the various terrain and pitches. She would sit in the leaderboard chair for a long chunk of time, moving from 18th place to an eventual sixth place finish. 

“I trusted my gut on my inspection and went for it,” said Moltzan 

Shiffrin was next up for the team and skied with force down the various sections of the course. Shiffrin would ultimately land fourth place - tied with Swiss skier Camille Rast. It was another positive step in the right direction for her giant slalom discipline, and shows that she can be back on the podium again. 

“I had the chance to be in there within range,” said Shiffrin. “I'm just going to keep working on cleaning up any small errors and bring a higher intensity.”  

Last up was O’Brien, in a position she had not been in before: contending for a podium. O’Brien skied aggressively at the top into the green, but got caught up in the transition and skied out. It was a disappointing second runm but there was promising skiing in between. 

The winner of the race was Austria’s Julia Scheib, Sweden’s Sara Hector in second and New Zealand’s Alice Robinson in third. Stifel U.S. Ski Team’s Elisabeth Bococok did not finish and Kjersti Moritz once again put down some strong skiing to just miss the flip 30 in 34th place. 

The women’s tech tour will now spend some time training before heading to Courchevel, France for a night slalom later in December. The speed skiers kick off their racing starting on Dec. 12 in St. Moritz.

RESULTS
Women's giant slalom 

The moguls World Cup opener in Ruka, Finland, was filled with excitement, including Tess Johnson standing atop the podium for the third time in her career and second time in moguls. Olivia Giaccio and Nick Page finished on the podium, each in third place. This win moves Johnson into the top spot in the season standings. 

Johnson was filled with emotion after the score for France’s Perrine Laffont was announced, slotting Laffont into second place. 

“I worked really hard, and this just means a lot,” said Johnson. “I just love skiing, and I had so much fun out there today.”

Johnson led the women from the start, qualifying in the top spot with a perfect combination of great time, turns and air scores. Five U.S. women advanced to the finals: Liz Lemley in fourth, Kasey Hogg in seventh, Giaccio in eighth and Alli Macuga in 10th. Last year’s overall winner, Jaelin Kauf, crashed in qualification but skied away healthy. Page led the way for the U.S. men qualifying in second place. 

Johnson, Giaccio, Lemley and Page finished finals in the top six, advancing to the super finals to compete for a podium position. This was Lemley’s first World Cup back after an injury took her out last season, and she continued to push throughout the day, finishing just off the podium in fourth place. Giaccio was also out at the end of last season after a crash in China, and finished third place, earning her 19th World Cup podium. Johnson, one of the most consistent skiers on the circuit, was on a roll all day long and her super finals run was one to watch. Between her unique jumps and clean turns, her result was a surprise to no one but herself, as she was overcome with emotion at the finish. 

The men’s super final was filled with ups and downs as multiple men went down. Page threw down a clean run featuring a huge cork 10 on the bottom air to finish third, the ninth podium of his career. 

The athletes take on the bumps in Ruka again tomorrow, Dec. 8th, for a second moguls World Cup starting at 9:30 am ET.

RESULTS
Women
Men

The World Cup weekend in Trondheim, Norway, wrapped up with a 10k skate interval start — one of Jessie Diggins’ premiere race formats — and once again, she delivered. Coming off her first-ever skiathlon win yesterday, Diggins entered the day with all eyes on her. Crossing the line in third, Diggins took home her third World Cup podium of the season, in only six races. Gus Schumacher led the American men, just outside the top-10 by .3 seconds, landing 11th. 

With athletes racing the clock in an interval start, the times remained tight from the opening kilometers. Sweden’s Ebba Andersson, third in Saturday’s skiathlon, set an early blistering pace that was only matched by a few. Through the time checks, Diggins was always in contention. The Trondheim course favored those with fast tempo, quick turnovers and the ability to adjust from going up and down. For Diggins, it was all about digging deep from start to finish. At the 4.2k check point, she broke into the top three, sitting just .04 seconds back from Sweden's Jonna Sundling and Ebba Andersson. From there, she never fell out of podium contention. 

Sweden’s Moa Illar also had a standout day, surpassing teammate Jonna Sundling’s time and inserting herself into podium contention. By the 9.2k mark — the final time check before the finish — Diggins was 13.3 seconds back in third, narrowly holding off Sundling with the podium. 

Andersson ultimately crossed the line as the day’s winner, finishing two seconds ahead of Illar. Diggins attacked the final kilometers with strong closing speed, collapsing at the finish after an all-out effort to secure third place, 16.5 seconds behind Andersson.

The result caps a strong weekend for Diggins: two podiums in two days, and now three podiums in her last six starts. She has been on the podium in 50% of her races so far this 2025–26 season and will continue to wear the yellow World Cup leader bib as the tour heads next to Davos, Switzerland.

"I was super grateful and excited for how the season has started, and it's one of those things where you work so hard in the off-season, but you don't know how it's really going to go until you actually start racing," said Diggins, post-race. "And even then, the season is long. Right now, I'm really grateful that it's been going so well. It's been fun to share it with the team. In terms of today's race, I was fighting for every single second out there. Because you just never know. I mean, you are getting splits, but you never know how anyone else will close. You're just fighting as hard as you can to just cross that finish line with nothing left. And I did that today, and I am proud of that."

The women's race was won by Andersson, Ilar in second and Diggins third. Julia Kern was the next American in 40th, Kendall Kramer  46th, Rosie Brennan  51st, Alayna Sonnesyn 55th and Kate Oldham 63rd. 

On the men’s side, Gus Schumacher delivered the top American performance of the day, finishing 11th - 0.3 seconds outside the top 10. He crossed the line 35.4 seconds behind Norway’s Einar Hedegart, who took home his first World Cup win. It was a strong showing for Schumacher, who was eager to rebound after Saturday’s skiathlon. The 10k skate has been a special event for him; it’s the format in which he earned his first career World Cup victory at the Stifel Loppet Cup in Minneapolis. Andreas Fjorden Ree was second and Martin Loewstroem Nyenget third. Zak Ketterson was 23rd, another strong top 30, Kevin Bolger 33rd, Zanden McMullen 43rd, John Steel Hagenbuch 44th, Ben Ogden 49th and Luke Jager 61st. 

Now, the team heads to Davos, Switzerland, for a three-race series next weekend before all athletes break for the holidays. 

RESULTS
Women
Men

Three Stifel U.S. Ski Team women skied into the top 15 in Saturday’s giant slalom race in Tremblant, Canada. Mikaela Shiffrin led the charge in sixth, Nina O’Brien was 10th and Paula Moltzan rounded out the group in 13th place. 

It was a cold winter-y day in Tremblant for the women’s giant slalom race, bringing a mix of wintery conditions from fog to light snow. Moltzan ran first for the Americans and came out firing, but made a massive mistake toward the middle, pushing her down to the 20th position on the first run. O’Brien skied well, landing just outside the top 15. Shiffrin put down an excellent first run to take third.

“I was really pushing, which was exactly what I wanted to achieve on the first run, and then try to do something as close to that as possible on the second run,” said Shiffrin. 

Conditions were tough in the second run, with piling snow and tough visibility, but Moltzan and O’Brien skied aggressively to bump themselves up a considerable number of spots. O’Brien ended up in the top 10 in 10th place, while Moltzan was 13th.

“I feel like this run I had a better attitude going forward so hopefully I can start off with that same mindset tomorrow, but it was challenging conditions,” said O’Brien. 

The fog rolled in on Shiffrin's run, but it didn't impact the top half of her run, as the large crowd cheered on her flawless turns. But she lost a little bit of time toward the end and ultimately landed in sixth place - another excellent result for Shiffrin's return to GS.

"I felt very aggressive on the second run," said Shiffrin. "But there were a couple spots looking back that I maybe wasn't as clean as possible so that's something that I can work on tomorrow," said Shiffrin. " 

This result puts Shiffrin back into the top 15 giant slalom seed, giving her a much better start bib for races to come. That achievement marked a big moment after her devastating crash in the Killington giant slalom over a year ago that left her with PTSD and a long journey to recovery. 

 "It's really exciting to be in the top 15 again because it wasn't many races ago that I was fighting to be in the top 30," said Shiffrin. 

The winner of the day was New Zealand’s Alice Robinson, second place went to Croatian Zrinka Ljutic with Canadian Valerie Grenier in third place in front of the hometown crowd. Elisabeth Bocock did not finish and Kjersti Moritz landed just outside the top 30 in 31st. 

“Tomorrow we will just come out really hungry because we had some good sections but for sure want more,” said O’Brien. 

Another giant slalom takes place on Sunday in Tremblant.

RESULTS
Women's giant slalom 

The Stifel U.S. Ski Team aerials athletes wrapped up a fantastic season opener on Saturday in Ruka, Finland, with Chris Lillis landing on the podium in third place, the 15th podium of his career. Kyra Dossa had a standout performance, finishing in fourth place, her best career finish. 

The athletes have spent the last few weeks training in Ruka, which has become a familiar starting point for the athletes as they prepare for the season. The weather was consistent all day, with a packed surface built for jumping. 

Today, for Lillis, it was all about learning and improving as he heads into the rest of the season. 

“It's always a good start to the season to get on the podium,” said Lillis. My reaction was really more from an execution standpoint, just didn't quite execute that jump the way I wanted to. As we build through the season, I'm gonna be looking to put down bigger and better jumps in the super final for sure. As we get through Secret Garden, I’m looking to build bigger tricks and start throwing some more quints and get ready for the Olympics.” 

In the qualification round, Lillis led the way for the men, taking the top spot, followed by teammate Quinn Dehlinger in second place. Connor Curran qualified in 10th. Ashton Salwan finished the day 13th, Derek Krueger in 21st and Ian Schoenwald in 33rd. On the women’s side, Kaila Kuhn took the top position for the Americans in fourth, followed by Dani Loeb in eighth, Tasia Tanner in ninth and Dossa in 10th. Winter Vinecki took a hard fall in qualification but skied away on her own, finishing 26th. 

In the finals, Dehlinger stayed consistent in second position, and Lillis rounded out the top six that round, advancing to super finals in fifth place. Curran finished 10th overall. Dossa laid down a beautiful full full in finals, advancing in fourth place alongside Loeb in fifth. Tanner ended the day eighth, and Kuhn in 12th. 

Athletes from all nations experienced trouble with landings in the super finals, but Dossa was able to land a clean jump to finish fourth, her best career result, improving from a previous eighth place. Loeb tied her personal best of fifth place. Lillis put down a full double full full, landing in third place and Dehlinger finished fourth. 

Next up, the team will spend a few days training before heading to Secret Garden, China, for their next World Cup, including aerials and mixed aerials team, Dec. 19-20. 

RESULTS
Women
Men

The Stifel U.S. Cross Country Ski Team capped off a standout day in Trondheim with Jessie Diggins taking a commanding win—her first victory of the season, second podium of the year and the 30th World Cup win of her career. With the result, Diggins remains third in the Distance World Cup standings and continues to lead the Overall World Cup standings. Gus Schumacher led the men in 21st. 

For Diggins, the day was about gratitude for the wax technicians and the staff behind the athlete, and of course, the execution in the race.

“I know I sound like a broken record, but we win as a team,” she said. “We have success as a team and it takes all of us. I had such good kick in classic, such good skate skis… I was doing it for the wax truck today.”

The hard, fast course in Trondheim required smart tactics, especially in the final kilometers. In the last two kilometers, Diggins focused on positioning, avoiding leg cramps and timing her final sprint. She read the field, trusted her body and struck at exactly the right moment, around the hairpin corner and into the finishing straight. Crossing the line in first, Diggins takes home her first win of the year on a course that holds bittersweet memories from the 2025 Trondheim World Championships. Norway's Heidi Weng finished second, and Sweden’s Ebba Andersson finished third.  

“It was so good to come here and have a race I was capable of,” Diggins added. “Since it’s the last year here, it’s always fun to leave a place with a good memory.”

The win comes in a race format that will be part of the Olympic program in February, giving the U.S. team confidence heading into the Games. Julia Kern and Rosie Brennan also broke into the top 30, finishing 24th and 29th. 

"I was happy with how I was skiing today," said Brennan, post-race. "During the exchange, I just caught a pack I was excited to ski with, then fumbled big time in the exchange and came out in the next pack, so that was a huge bummer. But, I am happy to have fared OK for 20k and feel every race I do will help me build the fitness I need to be better later."

On the men’s side, Gus Schumacher led the Americans in 24th, in a challenging and Norwegian-dominant race. Schumacher held his own during the 20k, with a position in the lead & chase pack the majority of the laps; however, in the final push, Norway's men charged, landing eight men in the top eight. Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo took home his 101st victory, with Harald Oestberg Amundsen in second and Emil Iverson in third. For the rest of the U.S. team, Ben Ogden was 35th, Kevin Bolger 51st, JC Schoonmaker 52nd, Zanden McMullen 53rd and Luke Jager 55th. For the women, Alayna Sonnesyn was 44th and Kendall Kramer 48th. 

Diggins reiterated how much the result meant to her and the staff behind the scenes:
“I was really motivated to put together a really good race, especially for the wax techs. I had amazing kick, I knew my skate skis were good.... When we win, we win as a team. It was really cool to have all the puzzle pieces together—from tactics and strategy to my finishing sprint. I was exceptionally proud of the entire team today.”

The U.S. team continues their push in Norway, with one final race on the calendar. Tomorrow's 10k skate, for both men and women, kick off at 3:30 a.m. ET for the women and 5:55 a.m. ET for the men. Watch LIVE on skiandsnowboard.live. 

RESULTS
Women
Men

On Friday’s super-G at the Stifel Birds of Prey River Radamus led the way for the Stifel U.S. Ski Team in 12th place with teammate Ryan Cochran-Siegle just behind in 13th. Jared Goldberg rounded out the group in 25th. 

It was a tricky weather day for the racers, with wind, snow and more causing long delays and questions on whether the race would go off. After a hold for the first 30 minutes, the race went on. However, it was a bit of a wait for the first American, the day prior’s second-place finisher, Cochran-Siegle. 

Cochran-Siegle hesitated at the top of the brink, but brought it back in the second half to make a strong result of 13th. 

“I think my execution was just off the mark in terms of being ahead of it. I started feeling my feet underneath me once I got through the pitch. But gave up too much time, at the top” said Cochran-Siegle. 

With the weather causing many delays, the hometown kid Radamus ran six athletes and nearly an hour after Cochran-Siegle. Radamus pushed to his limit and found himself just 0.35 off the pace – the best of any skier around him and in line for a podium. But just towards the bottom, Radamus put his hip on the ground and lost all of his speed. He still had a strong day in 12th, snagging the Stifel Bibbo Award and earning the respect of the top international skiers, with many expressing their respect for his on-the-edge skiing to Radamus in the finish. 

“I knew that whenever we got to go, I had to be ready. And to have to wait that long up there. I wanted to make it worth it. So I wanted to lay it all on the line,” said Radamus. 

“If I have the nerve to really commit in those first four turns I'll set the tone for myself the rest of the way,” said Radamus. “It was dark, it was bumpy but the conditions were still good enough that you could get some response. I felt like I was putting it on the line and then obviously I made a huge mistake. It's frustrating.” 

Shortly after Radamus ran, the race was stopped due to weather conditions. Despite the short ending, the fans were pleased to see some action on the famed Birds of Prey course. 

“I have to take the good with the bad and hopefully take some fast skiing into Sunday,” said Radamus. 

The winner of the race was Austrian great Vincent Kreichmayr. Norwegian Fredrik Moeller was second and Austrian Raphael Haaser in third. 

The men now turn to giant slalom on Sunday. 

RESULTS
Men's super-G

The world’s best cross country skiers returned to Norway this weekend for the Trondheim World Cup—one of the most competitive stops on the circuit, made even more intense with many Norwegian athletes fighting for Olympic Winter Games qualification. Ben Ogden led the Stifel U.S. Ski Team in ninth, with Diggins leading the women in 14th. 

On the same course athletes skied a year prior for the 2025 World Championships, the classic sprint was back once again to test the field. For the U.S., and the entire men's field, Ogden came out firing. Known for his sharp race instincts and perfectly timed surges, Ogden once again showed why he’s one of the most dynamic sprinters on the tour. As Kikkan Randall put it, “Ben really races with his heart on his sleeve.” He backed that up in the qualification round, winning the round by .22 seconds ahead of Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo. 

With the top 30 advancing, it was Ogden, JC Schoonmaker, Jessie Diggins and Julia Kern representing the stars and stripes into the sprint rounds. In the quarterfinal, Ogden opened with confidence—quick tempo, short strides and full control. For many close to the sport, the "Benny Shuffle" was in full display.

"The qualifier definitely felt good. I think that the hills here in Trondheim really suit my strengths. Not so steep where you have to run, but steep enough where you have to have really fast turnover and power stride," said Ogden. "It felt good today. Definitely a bit intense with all the Norwegians out there." (Since this is a home World Cup, the Norwegian team has "Nation's Spots," giving them more starts relative to other Nations.)

Ogden handily won his quarterfinal by .32 seconds. But in the semifinals, disaster struck for Ogden when he tangled with Norway’s Harald Østberg Amundsen, causing both skiers to fall. Ogden was back on his feet quickly and still finished fifth in the heat, but it wasn’t enough to move on to the finals. Schoonmaker had a similar fall to Ogden and did not advance to the semifinals. Both athletes are okay. 

On the women’s side, World Cup overall leader Jessie Diggins and teammate Julia Kern—silver medalists at this venue during last season’s World Championships—raced hard but similarly did not progress to the semifinals. Diggins was caught up in a fall with Sweden's Joanna Hagstroem, who eventually won the race. Diggins is okay. 

"I was really psyched to be feeling good today," said Diggins. "The conditions were really great for classic skiing. I was super proud of the process—testing with the techs. Overall, I am super proud of how I skied, and I'm hoping to take that positive energy into tomorrow's race."

The day ultimately belonged to Norway’s Klæbo, who not only took the victory but cemented his place in skiing history. With today’s win, Klæbo earned his 100th career individual World Cup victory, joining an elite club that includes Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team athlete Mikaela Shiffrin and cross country legend Marit Bjørgen, who retired with 114 wins. Klæbo becomes the first male cross country skier ever to reach the 100-win milestone, and only the second cross country skier to surpass the 100 mark. 

The men's podium was led by Klaebo, in second was Norway's Oskar Opstad Vike and Sweden's Alvar Myhlback. Hagstroem won for the women, with Swedish teammates completing the sweep, with Emma Ribom in second and Linn Svahn in third. For the U.S., Diggins was 14th, Kern 20th, Alayna Sonnesyn 45th, Erin Bianco 52nd and Kate Oldham 54th. Ogden led the men in ninth, with Schoonmaker 28th, Gus Schumacher 33rd, Zak Ketterson 37th, Jack Young 42nd and Kevin Bolger 46th 

Next up, the team will race the skiathlon, with 10k of classic and 10k of skate. 

RESULTS
Men
Women

In the inaugural competition of the women’s nordic combined FIS World Cup season, Stifel U.S. Nordic Combined Team athlete Alexa Brabec claimed a spot on the podium in Trondheim, Norway, crossing the line in third. It was Brabec's first World Cup podium and the first U.S. World Cup podium since Tara Geraghty-Moats won the inaugural women's nordic combined World Cup in 2020. 

Following a strong 2024-25 season where Brabec landed in the top 10 World Cup overall standings and fourth in the World Championships, she took her first World Cup podium in the women’s individual Gundersen normal hill HS102/5k. 

Brabec jumped a solid 94 meters on the HS102, with her points putting her in fifth place to start the 5k race -- 1 min, 12 seconds back from the leader, Norway’s Ingrid Laate. She quickly skied up into a pack of four who caught and passed Laate. Brabec and Germany’s Nathalie Armbruster pulled away from that pack and were joined by Norway’s Ida Marie Hagen. The three top women skied together for most of the second lap and Brabec held her position in third place, stepping upon the podium for the first time in her World Cup career. 

“I have been working so hard this summer and without the Olympics on the plate for us, podiuming in a World Cup was my big goal," said Brabec. "It feels so insane to have achieved it and at the first World Cup of the season too."

Another notable result came in the men’s normal hill provisional round, where Niklas Malacinski established a 10th-place result -- the jump score that would be used if there are weather issues that impact the jumping events for the men over the weekend. While this result may not be used, it reflects Malacinski's potential to be a top-10 contender at the highest level of the sport. 

Rounding out the rest of the Stifel U.S. Nordic Combined Team women's team, Annika Malacinski was 17th and Geraghty-Moats 19th. 

RESULTS
Women