USA's Moltzan-Wiles win bronze in alpine combined; Shiffrin off podium

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Team USA's Jackie Wiles (L) celebrates with teammate Paula Moltzan after winning bronze in the women's team combined downhill race at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Tuesday in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI

Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Jackie Wiles and Paula Moltzan took bronze in Tuesday's 2026 Winter Olympics women's alpine combined team final, while fellow U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin missed the podium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Wiles and Moltzan finished with a total time of 2:21.91, just ahead of Breezy Johnson and Shiffrin, who clocked a 2:21.97 for fourth place. Austrians Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber won the event at 2:21.66. Germans Kira Weidle-Winkelmann and Emma Aicher earned silver at 2:21.71.

Wiles was fourth in the downhill, while Moltzan was fourth in the slalom.

"I was grateful to have another shot with Paula," Wiles said on the USA Network broadcast. "She is insanely fast so it's incredible. I knew she would come through and it was really cool."

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American Paula Moltzan (L) celebrates with teammate Jaqueline Wiles after completing the slalom section in the women's team combined downhill race at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Tuesday in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI

LET'S GOOOO!

Paula Moltzan's slalom run secures bronze for her and Jackie Wiles in the women's alpine team combined!#WinterOlympics

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American Paula Moltzan skies in the slalom section of the women's team combined downhill race at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Tuesday in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI

pic.twitter.com/A4SkIakdwb— Team USA (@TeamUSA) February 10, 2026

Johnson and Shiffrin started strong, with the former racing to a first-place time of 1:36.59 in the downhill portion of the event. But Shiffrin, who won seven of eight World Cup slalom races -- with one second place finish -- this season, was 15th fastest in the slalom Tuesday at Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre.

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Germans Kira Weidle-Winkelmann and Emma Aicher (L), Austrians Ariane Radler and Katharina Huber (C) and Americans Jackie Wiles and Paula Moltzan (R) celebrate their medals after the women's team combined downhill race at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Tuesday in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI

Her time of 45.38 was enough to move her team off the podium and extended her streak of Olympic events without winning a medal.

Raedler placed second in the downhill, while Huber finished 10th in the slalom. Weidle-Winkelmann was sixth in the downhill, with Aicher placing first in the slalom.

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Team USA's Jackie Wiles skies in the crouch position during the women's team combined downhill race at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Tuesday in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI

Fast, like the wind

Breezy Johnson puts Team USA in the lead after the downhill portion of the women's team combined event!

@USANetwork & @peacock#WinterOlympicspic.twitter.com/A4XIxxyKgB— Team USA (@TeamUSA) February 10, 2026

Shiffrin, a three-time Olympic medalist who owns a record 108 World Cup crowns, will continue to seek her first Olympic medal since 2018 when she competes in the giant slalom and slalom.

The women's giant slalom and slalom will be held Sunday and Feb. 18, respectively, in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

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