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Team USA won a bronze medal Tuesday in the women’s combined team event in alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics — and it wasn’t the skiers fans expected.
The team of Jacqueline Wiles and Paula Moltzan were the Americans on the podium in the event. Wiles tackled the downhill portion and Moltzan finished the slalom. Wiles had a downhill time of 1:37.04 and Moltzan had a slalom time of 44.87.
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Jacqueline Wiles of the United States, left, and teammate Paula Moltzan of the United States show their bronze medals in a women’s team alpine skiing combined race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
The duo finished behind Austrians Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber, who won gold, and Germans Kira Weidle-Winkelmann and Emma Aicher, who took silver.
The team of Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson were favorites to get at least a bronze medal given Shiffrin’s prowess on the World Cup circuit and Johnson won a gold medal in downhill earlier in the Games.
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Paula Moltzan of the United States, left, celebrates with teammate Jacqueline Wiles of the United States in the finish zone of a women’s team alpine skiing combined race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Tuesday, February 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Johnson had a strong race, finishing with a time of 1:36.59 – the best of any competitor in her group. Shiffrin was not fast enough to put her duo on the podium, finishing half a second behind Moltzan in the event. The group was just over three-tenths of a second behind Wiles and Moltzan for the bronze medal.
This is Wiles’ first Olympic medal. She competed for Team USA in the 2014, 2022 and 2026 Olympic Games.
Paula Moltzan of the United States, left, celebrates with teammate Jacqueline Wiles of the United States in the finish zone of a women’s team alpine skiing combined race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Tuesday, February 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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For Moltzan, it was his second Olympics for Team USA. The bronze is his first Olympic medal.
