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Team USA racked up a bronze medal in the women’s alpine skiing combined team event at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, and it wasn’t what ski fans were expecting.
The team formed by Jacqueline Wiles and Paula Moltzan were the Americans who reached the podium of the event. Wiles tackled the downhill portion and Moltzan completed the slalom. Wiles ran a downhill time of 1:37.04 and Moltzan posted a time of 44.87 in the slalom.
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Jacqueline Wiles, left, and teammate Paula Moltzan of the United States show off their bronze medals in a women’s combined alpine skiing team race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
The pair finished behind Austria’s Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber, who won gold, and Germany’s Kira Weidle-Winkelmann and Emma Aicher, who won silver.
The team of Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson were the favorites to at least get 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, left, of the United States, celebrates with teammate Jacqueline Wiles of the United States in the finish area of a women’s alpine ski combined team race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Johnson had a solid race, finishing with a time of 1:36.59, the best of any competitor in her group. Shiffrin was not fast enough to lead her partner to 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 bronze.
It is the first Olympic medal for Wiles. He competed for Team USA in the 2014, 2022, and 2026 Olympic Games.
Paula Moltzan, left, of the United States, celebrates with teammate Jacqueline Wiles of the United States in the finish area of a women’s alpine ski combined team race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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For Moltzan, it was his second Olympic Games for Team USA. The bronze is his first Olympic medal.
