Stifel U.S. Ski Team’s Mikaela Shiffrin delivered another thrilling slalom performance on Sunday’s slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia charging to second place in a nail-biter of a World Cup that came down to the final turns.

“I'm motivated to push harder to find more speed for the next race, but today was really fun,” said Shiffrin. 

On a track offering perfect course conditions from top to bottom, Shiffrin laid down two aggressive runs to put herself firmly in the fight for the win. With time tight throughout the field, the race remained undecided until the final racers, making for one of the most exciting slaloms of the season. Notably, the first through fourth place skiers from run one stayed in the same positioning after second run, a testament to the talent in the slalom field. 

Shiffrin was up against the winner from the day prior, Switzerland’s Camille Rast, who is proving to be a strong force in the technical disciplines this season and took the win. 

“The biggest accomplishment for me today was to execute some small things with my skiing and then to watch the other women, especially Camille, and imagine what speed is still out there,” said Shiffrin.  

Shiffrin claimed her 163rd career World Cup podium, and remains podium perfect this season in slalom with five wins and Sunday’s second place out of the six slalom races thus far.

“I don't believe it's possible to win every race in the season with the competition level,” said Shiffrin, who was just .14 seconds off Rast. “I wanted to give it my best shot, but I think that this was a really amazing show today.” 

Behind Shiffrin, her Stifel U.S. Ski Team teammates put together a strong collective showing. Paula Moltzan skied one of her best slalom races of the winter, attacking both runs with confidence and composure to finish fourth. Moltzan was content to have two strong races this weekend, after finishing on the podium in the giant slalom.  

“I'm happy to try and compete with the best here,” said Moltzan. “Clearly Mikaela and Camille are on an entirely different level, so it kind of just shows how much room for improvement there is.” 

AJ Hurt continued her return to racing form, finishing 13th in her first slalom start after spending time away earlier this season due to a hip injury. Hurt showed solid execution and speed, a promising sign as she builds momentum moving forward.

“It feels really good to be back and be in the top 15 again,” said Hurt.  

Stifel U.S. Ski Team athletes Nina O’Brien and Elisabeth Bocock scored points for the U.S. team, placing 19th and 30th, respectively. For Bocock, the result marked a meaningful milestone: her first career World Cup slalom points.

Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener rounded out the podium in third. Shiffrin continues her lead of the overall standings, as well as the slalom standings. 

The U.S. women remain at the top of the Nations Cup standings with the team’s strong performances in Kranjska Gora and will look to add to their advantages in Zauchensee, Austria at the speed events Jan. 10-11. The tech women will race again in Flachau, Austria on Jan. 13.

RESULTS
Women's slalom

In true Calgary style, the week leading up to the classic Snow Rodeo was cold and snowy, but the weather didn't deter Nick Goepper, who walked away with the win after putting down a flawless second run. Stifel U.S. Ski Team teammate Birk Irving also stood on the podium in third. On the women's side, Svea Irving finished third.

Goepper swapped his classic last-hit bone air for a switch right bio 900 to up the difficulty on his second run, and the judges rewarded him with a 94.80. With the win in Calgary, three-time Olympic medalist Goepper clinched his spot to represent Team USA at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games - his first Olympic Games for halfpipe skiing.

Birk Irving also had an unreal second run to finish third, his first podium since 2023. He has been consistent throughout the 2025-26 season, with a top 10 finish at every event thus far. Goepper and Birk Irving were joined on the podium by New Zealand's Finley Melville Ives in second.

On the women's side, Birk Irving's sister Svea Irving also finished third. She performed well under pressure, putting down a smooth run two with a left cork 900 and back-to-back 720s. After a disappointing start to her season in Copper Mountain, Svea Irving was thrilled with the result. She was joined on the podium by Australia's Indra Brown in first and China's Kexin Zhang in second.

It was a great overall day for the Stifel U.S. Ski Team men, with Matt Labaugh taking fourth, just .25 points off the podium. Hunter Hess finished fifth, Aaron Blunck seventh, Dylan Ladd ninth, Evan Wischmeyer 10th and Tristan Feinberg 13th.

Abby Winterberger was the only other American woman who progressed through to the finals, ending the day in ninth. Winterberger is an up-and-coming American to watch, with two top 10 finishes in her first season on the World Cup circuit.

Next up, the World Cup circuit heads to the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix in Aspen for halfpipe and slopestyle Olympic qualifiers Jan. 7-10, 2026.

RESULTS
Women's halfpipe
Men's halfpipe

Stifel U.S. Ski Team athlete Paula Moltzan delivered a stellar giant slalom performance in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, skiing to third place. It marks her seventh career World Cup podium. It was also a standout team performance with the winningest skier of all time, Mikaela Shiffrin, fifth, Nina O'Brien eighth and Elisabeth Bocock in 14th. 

Moltzan was fast and composed across both runs on the course, capitalizing on excellent conditions and well-set courses to secure her spot on the podium. With firm snow, clear visibility and fair conditions throughout the day, the race allowed athletes to push from top to bottom, and Moltzan did just that when it mattered most. 

“I'm really happy,” said Moltzan. “I think it's nice to come back after two DNFs last weekend and be back on the podium. It’s a confidence boost that I still belong here.” 

The podium was also an impressive feat after a bad crash in Semmering just a week prior, which Moltzan was still feeling in Kranjska Gora.  

“I think we're lucky that the snow was really good today because it does help you ski the course and hill the way that you want to,” said Moltzan. 

Shiffrin continued her strong progression in giant slalom, finishing fifth and less than two tenths of a second off the podium–as she builds momentum and confidence in the discipline following her crash in Killington last season. It was her third top-five result in giant slalom this season. Shiffrin showed consistency and speed across both runs and was all smiles in the finish as she can see her skiing building in the right direction. 

"I think ‘happy’ and ‘satisfied’ are different because I would like to be faster but I'm taking steps and I feel very good with that," said Shiffrin "It's pretty incredible to be here one year later and to be in the mix with the fastest women right now.”

Nina O’Brien backed up recent strong results with another solid performance, placing eighth on the day. O’Brien skied two controlled runs to remain firmly in the mix.

“I think it was a totally solid day, and I had some moments of really good skiing,” said O’Brien. “We had a (team) result like this since Soelden and it hasn't quite come together for everyone again since then, so I'm just happy to see everyone have a good day together.” 

Elisabeth Bocock rebounded in a big way, returning to the top 15 after a stretch of difficult races marked by DNFs. Her result marked an important step forward and a confidence boost moving deeper into the season.

“I'm so so relieved to be able to get one down after the first run,” said Bocock. “I tried to push more second run, which was a good game plan.”

AJ Hurt rounded out the American results finishing 25th to score World Cup points. Switzerland’s Camille Rast won, with Austria’s Julia Scheib finishing second. Mary Bocock of the U.S. squad also raced but did not qualify for the second run. 

After a strong day of giant slalom, the women will be back on the hill Sunday for a slalom race. 

RESULTS
Women's giant slalom 

If there is any place on the World Cup circuit that feels more like home for Jessie Diggins, outside of Minneapolis, MN, it's Toblach, Italy. Today, on her final day of racing in Toblach for the fourth stage of the Tour de Ski, Diggins did what she does best - win.

In her 14th Tour de Ski, Diggins is walking away from her favorite course on the circuit with her 32nd victory and 85th podium. Of those 85 podiums and 32 wins, 15 of them have been right here in Toblach and eight of those have been victories. Toblach was the first place Diggins has ever won a race, dating back to 2016. Today, she did just that, for the second time in two days. 

"Honestly, it's the year of dreams coming true. This venue is so special to me and a place of so many amazing memories since my first Tour in 2012. It's really cool, and I am so thankful to everyone here. It was a hard race, it was a lonely race, but I was pushing hard and wanting to leave it all out on the course and fight for every second while remaining efficient."

Today's race format did not favor Diggins. Due to the nature of the pursuit race, each athlete pursues the leader of the Tour, which happens to be Diggins. Meaning she started 1 minute and 10 seconds ahead of the second-place start, Moa Ilar of Sweden. The entire race, Diggins was alone. 

Behind her, Sweden’s Ilar and Austria’s Teresa Stadlober emerged as the primary chasers. The pair worked together to manage the gap, sharing the workload across the flats and climbs, but the deficit continued to grow. Midway through the race, Diggins had stretched her lead well beyond a minute, with the rest of the field trailing even farther back as sunlight settled over the Toblach course.

"You know, every Tour i've done, there is always one day where I go, 'this is the day you have to be so gritty... if you want to win the Tour, you have to make it happen now.' And so I went in with that mindset. Sometimes I don't like how it feels to feel that much pressure but I know I perform well under it, so I just said to myself , ‘If you want to win the Tour, today is your day to be gritty." 

"I believed in my team, my skis were perfect, I would change nothing with the skis, and so a huge kudos to them. This was a win for the truck and the coaches and really the credit goes to them, because to have a good race on this course where you have to have really good kick and fast glide, you have to have the best of both worlds."

Going into Val di Fiemme and the final two races, Diggins has a sizable lead in the Tour de Ski standings, with 1 minute and 30 seconds ahead of Ilar of Sweden. With Norway's Astrid Slind, who was second in the overall standings, dropping out of the Tour due to sickness, Diggins' path is more straightforward as we enter the next two stages. 

"I am taking it day by day. But I am excited because it's going to be the Olympic courses, it's a new sprint course, new for everyone, and the thing for me is learning learning learning. I am here to learn, take notes, improve, get in lifetime reps, and just see this as a growth opportunity. And that plan has not changed. Tour lead or no Tour lead. That's the mindset I have going into Val di Fiemme." 

Off the race course, there was a moment after the win that marked something even more meaningful for Diggins. A place that has followed her journey from breakthrough athlete to one of the sport’s all-time greats, Diggins was honored after the race by having one of the bridges on the course named after her. "Jessie Bridge" is officially a part of the Toblach World Cup venue. 

The eventual podium for the women's race was led by Diggins, with Ilar in second and Austria's Stadlober in third. Julia Kern was 18th. 

For the men, Gus Schumacher shone once again. After his victory in yesterday's 5k skate, he was among a strong chase group behind the Tour leader, and eventual winner of the day, Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo. Schumacher played the game today, trading off leading the group, then falling behind to take on the draft on the high-speed downhills. It was a race of tactics, and Schumacher played it well. Into the stadium, it was an all-out sprint to the finish. Across the line, he was in a photo-finish for fourth, fifth and sixth, but ultimately was placed sixth. He now sits third overall in the Tour de Ski standings, going into stage five in Val di Fiemme. The day was won by Klaebo, with second place going to Norway's Mattis Stenshagen and third was Sweden's Edvin Anger. Ben Ogden was the next American finisher in 29th. 

Tomorrow, the athletes will check out the Olympic Winter Games venue and the updated sprint course, with the fifth stage, the classic sprint going down on Jan. 3. 

RESULTS
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TOUR DE SKI STANDINGS
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History doesn’t always arrive in a single decisive moment. Sometimes it reveals itself through patience, teamwork and the ability to give it your all and wait for the result. That was the case on Wednesday at the Tour de Ski, where the final times from the 5k skate heat mass start told a story far bigger than any one race.

For the first time in history, an American man and an American woman won a cross country World Cup on the same day. Gus Schumacher and Jessie Diggins delivered a milestone result for the Stifel U.S. Ski Team, both winning the 5k mass start, heat, event for the third stage of the Tour de Ski. 

Diggins continued to build on her already legendary resume, earning her 31st World Cup victory and 84th career podium. Schumacher matched the moment on the men’s side, capturing his second career World Cup win and third podium. Together, their results also marked the 25th World Cup podium for the Stifel U.S. Cross Country Ski Team in Toblach alone, underscoring a long and meaningful history of American success at this venue. 

Both victories came in a brand-new format: a 5k skate contested in four staggered heats, with final results determined purely by time.

It was the first time in many years that the World Cup featured a 5k skate, and the hybrid nature of the event—blending sprint speed with distance endurance—reshaped the way athletes approached the race. Winning was no longer about position alone, but about committing to pace, efficiency and collective decision-making within each heat, and between all nations. 

For Diggins, that collaborative element became one of the most defining and enjoyable parts of the day. 

“What I thought was so cool and fun was feeling the camaraderie,” she said. 'I was talking to all the girls beforehand and was saying, ‘team number three, we’re going to do this! And we’re going to go fast and change leads… and when I go out first and blow up, you can go.' We had really great teamwork out there and I think that is why we had a really fast heat. It was fun to feel that excitement with other countries and friends from the World Cup. Maybe that wasn’t the goal to get teamwork across countries, but for me, that was the goal.”

“I think this is a distance that suits me,” Schumacher said. “It was so fast, so fun and my group was working together really well, which made it fun.” The collaboration wasn’t accidental. “The other guys and I talked about our strategy before the race, and truly, I was impressed by how responsive they all were. The goal was to make the whole heat a lot faster by how hard we went out—and it worked.”

Across the day, that shared understanding echoed through each heat - it was all about producing the fastest possible time.  In several heats, athletes worked together, trading leads to maintain speed without unnecessary effort before the climbs, then committing even more fully as the course began to descend. This was evident in both Diggins' and Schumacher's heats, where at each time check, a different athlete was leading the pack. In an event that is so short and fast, timing was everything, and so were calculated movements. 

Schumacher’s winning heat showcased just how high that bar was. Off the gun, Schumacher was quick. Setting the pace that did not slow. Knowing the other heats were finishing in under 10 minutes, he knew he had to do so. With the coaches and wax technicians out on course with whiteboards writing down splits, the entire U.S. team knew where they were in their heat. Across the finish line, though, Schumacher may have won, but he needed to wait for two more heats to race before knowing the final result. For Diggins, the sentiment was the same - hurry up and wait. 

Beyond the racing itself, Diggins was quick to credit the team behind the scenes. 

“Huge congratulations to all of the wax techs,” she said. “Today’s win was a huge part thanks to them.” She also shared in the significance of the moment on the men’s side. “I am also so proud of Gus and so excited for him. He works so hard and really deserves this.”

“I think it’s super cool,” he said when asked what it meant to make history alongside Diggins. “Jessie had to be a huge favorite today, so it was up to us to hold up our end,” he added with a laugh.

The historic double victory carried meaning well beyond the podium. Diggins and Schumacher stood as the first American woman and man to win the same World Cup event on the same day. That momentum extended down the results sheet, with Julia Kern finishing 10th, her first top-10 result of the season, Ben Ogden in 20th and JC Schoonmaker in 29th. Jessie Diggins continues her sizable lead in the Tour de Ski overall standings. Schumacher now sits in sixth overall. 

Tomorrow, the fourth stage will be the 20k pursuit, where athletes chase the overall leaders of the Tour de Ski based on their time behind the overall leader. 

RESULTS
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Tour de Ski Standings 
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Jessie Diggins delivered a strong performance in the second stage of the Tour de Ski on Monday, skiing to third place in the women’s 10k classic and moving into the overall lead of both the Tour de Ski and continuing her lead in the overall World Cup standings.

Diggins finished behind Norway’s Astrid Øyre Slind, who claimed victory and Austria’s Teresa Stadlober in second. The podium marked the 83rd World Cup podium of Diggins’ career and her 13th career World Cup podium in Toblach, Italy, a venue that has been central to her success since her first win there in the 5k skate in 2016.

Conditions in Toblach evolved throughout the day. The men raced under warm, sunny skies in classic Toblach weather, while the women took to the course with the sun set behind the Italian mountains, leaving the track fully shaded. 

Diggins, who favors individual start events due to the "race against the clock mentality," was aggressive from the opening gun, posting strong, steady splits through each checkpoint and keeping herself firmly in contention throughout the race. At the 2.1k time check, Diggins was 12.6 seconds out from the lead, sitting in fourth, behind Sweden's Frida Karlsson, Slind and Stadlober. Then, she turned on the jets. At the halfway mark, Diggins was sitting in third, decreasing the time back from the leader. With Karlsson's lead dwindling, it was now a fight between the American, Austrian and Norwegian. Over the final two kilometers, the effort intensified as she fought to the line. At each coaching zone, the U.S. tech team and support staff were in position, screaming at Diggins to just keep fighting. Fighting, she did. 

She ultimately crossed the finish line in third, a result that proved decisive in the overall standings. Diggins now holds the Tour de Ski lead and remains atop the World Cup standings, a position she carried into the Tour. A two-time Tour de Ski champion, Diggins finished third overall last season and is racing her final Tour de Ski with a focus on both performance and enjoyment.

In a discipline Diggins never considered her strong suit, classic racing has started to really take form for her. Winning the classic event last year at the Tour — the first classic victory of her career — Diggins was surprised with how well she skied today. 

"I was super surprised when I heard I was fighting for the podium," said Diggins when a reporter asked her if she was surprised by the result in a classic event. "I was like, 'no', but then realized I was one of the last starters, so I suppose it was true when my techs told me I was in the mix. But I was just trying to ski as smoothly as possible and try to put my best classic technique, so that I can retire liking classic!" 

On the men’s side, Gus Schumacher led the U.S. team with a 17th-place finish in the 10k classic. JC Schoonmaker finished 42nd, Kevin Bolger 43rd, Ben Ogden 47th, Zak Ketterson 79th and Jack Young 93rd. Ketterson was fighting for a top-15 finish when a crash on the downhill took crucial seconds away. He is okay. For Ogden, an unfortunate pole break in a distant part of the course took away important seconds. Julia Kern placed 41st for the women.

The Tour de Ski pauses on Tuesday for a rest day before resuming on Wednesday, Dec. 31, with the third stage — a 5k skate featuring a heat-start format, a returning and still relatively new format for the Tour.

"I'm taking it one day at a time. You never know what is going to happen on the Tour, you just have to enjoy every day and do your best. And now, I am just going to eat a lot of pizza, rest a lot tomorrow and probably watch Netflix with Julia (Kern)." 

RESULTS
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TOUR DE SKI STANDINGS
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Stifel U.S. Ski Team athlete and the winningest skier of all time Mikaela Shiffrin continued to redefine what’s possible in alpine skiing Sunday night in Semmering, Austria, earning her 106th career World Cup victory and 69th slalom win in the challenging night slalom.

The first run was tricky, with warmer temperatures leading to the snow breaking down after just a dozen women. This caused many of the racers difficulties, with nearly half of the field DNFing. Many of the women spoke up about the issues, including Shiffrin. 

“This one's a bit hard to explain this day. I am very satisfied with my skiing on the second run and also the first run. It was really challenging conditions today," said Shiffrin. "For the women starting bib 13, 15, 18 and in the 60s, this was not okay, and for all the athletes trying to figure this out in the finish. It was just a very challenging and distracting day,” said Shiffrin. 

But on the second run under the lights, Shiffrin delivered when it mattered most. Sitting in fourth after the first run, .54 seconds off the lead, the Stifel U.S. Ski Team star skied to her limit to secure the win. Shiffrin’s confidence was seen from gate one as she hammered down to come back from her biggest deficit since 2013.  

While the conditions improved in the second run, it was still a point of contention for the skiers in the field - including a last-minute set change. 

“It should be a good show, but it should be something that the athletes want to do... There's a way to do it better,” said Shiffrin. “But I am happy with how it ended today.” 

The victory further extends Shiffrin’s own all-time World Cup win record and adds another milestone to an already unprecedented career. It was her fifth straight slalom win of the season, marking a perfect 2025-26 thus far, and her sixth slalom win in a row. She remains in first in the overall standings. Rounding out the podium in the night slalom were Switzerland's Camille Rast in second and Albania’s Lara Colturi in third. 

Stifel U.S. Ski Team teammate Paula Moltzan fought back from a tough crash on Saturday’s giant slalom to land in the top 10 in the first run. She was fighting and skiing fast run two, but straddled and skied out. 

Fellow Stifel U.S. Ski Team teammates Elisabeth Bocock, Logan Grosdidier, Nina O’Brien, Liv Moritz and Kjersti Moritz did not make a second run. It was Grosdidier's first World Cup race.

The women’s tech team has a few days until they head to Kranjska Gora, Slovenia for a two-day series over the coming weekend. 

RESULTS
Women's slalom

The 20th edition of the Tour de Ski opened Sunday in Toblach, Italy with a fast and chaotic skate sprint that set the tone for the weeklong World Cup stage race. The annual tour, which traditionally begins in Toblach and concludes in Val di Fiemme — the host venue of the upcoming Olympic Winter Games — brought success for the Stifel U.S. Ski Team, led once again by Jessie Diggins, and strong results, with six Americans in the top 30. 

Ten American athletes started the 2025 Tour de Ski, including four women — Diggins, Julia Kern, Luci Anderson and Alayna Sonnesyn — and six men — Gus Schumacher, Ben Ogden, J.C. Schoonmaker, Jack Young, Kevin Bolger and Zak Ketterson. The event hosts six races over eight days between two venues. Similar to the Tour de France, if an athlete does not finish a stage or drops out, they cannot continue in the Tour. 

Diggins, a two-time Tour de Ski overall champion and the defending 2024-25 Crystal Globe winner, anchored the U.S. performance on the day, advancing to the final and finishing just off the podium in fourth. 

The opening sprint was notable for its depth of American success, with six U.S. athletes advancing to the knockout heats, the most advancing to the heats of the 2025-26 season. Schumacher qualified second overall, just a second behind Norway’s Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, who went on to win the men’s race. Ogden and Young also carried momentum into Toblach after top-five finishes in the final skate sprint before the holiday break in Davos, Switzerland.

In the women’s quarterfinals, Diggins and Kern were paired together in the fourth heat of the day. The racing was marked by a mix of smooth skiing and multiple crashes across the course. At the end of the race, Kern was unable to advance and Diggins moved on to the semifinals by finishing second in the heat. 

Diggins skied a composed and tactical semifinal, controlling the pace early before settling into the draft through the finishing stretch. She crossed the line in third and briefly waited to see if her time would be enough to advance as a lucky loser. Moments later, Diggins and Sweden’s Johanna Hagström were confirmed into the final.

On the men’s side, Schumacher was the lone American to advance out of the quarterfinals. Bolger, Ogden and Young all narrowly missed progression, finishing less than one second outside the top two advancing positions in their respective heats. Schumacher’s semifinal proved difficult, as he was surrounded by Norwegian skiers and Austria’s Benjamin Moser. Despite fighting for position throughout the heat, making smart moves on the corners and skiing strongly, Schumacher was unable to advance to the final.

The men’s results were highlighted by four Americans finishing inside the top 30. Bolger posted a season-best result in 15th, Schumacher finished 11th, Ogden took 13th and Young placed 19th.

In the women’s final, attention centered on Diggins as she looked to defend her victory from the same Toblach sprint one year earlier. Against a stacked field, Norway’s Kristine Stavaas Skistad claimed the win, followed by Germany’s Coletta Rydzek in second and Sweden’s Maja Dahlqvist in third. Diggins battled through the final meters to finish fourth, just off the podium, while Kern placed 17th overall.

“It was fun to have another skate sprint,” Diggins said. “It’s fun to feel like my speed is coming and that the race sharpness is coming into place. I’m just excited for one last Tour de Ski.”

The Tour de Ski continues Sunday with the second stage in Toblach, with the 10k classic. In the overall Tour de Ski standings, Diggins is third and Schumacher leads the men in 10th. 

Watch LIVE on skiandsnowboard.live, with the men kicking things off at 5:45 a.m. ET and the women at 8:45 a.m. ET. 

RESULTS
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Tour de Ski Overall Standings
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On a sunny Saturday in Livigno, Italy  the men’s World Cup super-G delivered an exciting chapter in the season as the circuit made its debut on the new track. Two Stifel U.S. Ski Team athletes landed in the top 15, Ryan Cochran-Siegle in 13th and River Radamus in 14th.

Cochran-Siegle put together a fast, controlled run to finish 13th. 

“It was a solid effort,” said Cochran-Siegle. “I made some nice turns throughout my run. Hard to beat skiing in the sunshine in Italy on consistent snow, with a pretty fun track.” 

Close behind Radamus skied confidently to secure 14th place, adding another points-earning performance to his World Cup résumé. Radamus’s steady skiing in challenging conditions underscored his growing strength in the speed discipline.

Kyle Negomir also delivered a solid day on course, finishing 24th and bringing home valuable World Cup points. 

Austria’s Marco Schwarz claimed his first career World Cup super-G victory, stopping a potential Swiss sweep of the podium. Behind the Austrian was Switzerland’s Alexis Monney and Franjo von Allmen rounding out the top three.

It was the first time the men had raced in Livigno, which will play host to the freeski, snowboard and freestyle events at the 2026 Olympics. The men will race just a short drive away in Bormio. 

The speed team will now head back to the U.S. before the upcoming classic speed events in Wengen, Switzerland. 

RESULTS
Men's super-G

In a demanding World Cup giant slalom in a wintery Semmering, Austria, the Stifel U.S. Ski Team showed grit and determination with Olympic gold-medalist Mikaela Shiffrin leading the way in sixth place. 

Mikaela Shiffrin delivered a solid performance, battling through challenging conditions and staying composed to earn another top-10 giant slalom result. 

“It was very bumpy, and it’s always dark here because the course stays in the shadow. That makes it especially challenging, because you really have to trust what you’re doing without seeing everything clearly," said Shiffrin. "When I got to the finish, I thought, ‘Okay, I could do that again.’ For me, that was a big step today.”

AJ Hurt also put in a strong effort, finishing 21st - her first World Cup after injury since Gurgl in November. In a race that saw multiple athletes struggle with the conditions, Hurt put together two solid runs to secure a top-30 result.

“I'm just glad to be here and be back with all the teammates and friends,” said Hurt. “The course is kind of funky. This hill is always weird with how narrow it is - definitely a challenge today.”

Stifel U.S. Ski Team athletes Paula Moltzan, Nina O’Brien, Elisabeth Bocock and Kjersti Moritz did not finish. They are OK. Mary Bocock did not qualify for the second run. Moltzan skied particularly well run one where she sat in sixth place, but crashed hard in the second run and will evaluate whether to race in the slalom on Sunday. Despite the DNFs, the women remain hungry for more success this season. 

Austria’s Julia Scheib claimed the victory in front of a home crowd with Switzerland’s Camille Rast finishing second and Sweden’s Sara Hector rounding out the podium. 

The women’s tech team will now transition to slalom to finish out the year. 

RESULTS
Women's giant slalom