USA's Jackie Wiles, Paula Moltzan win bronze in women's team combined

Jason Sargent Tuesday, February 10, 2026

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Nancy Armour, USA TODAY February 10, 2026 at 8:58 AM

CORTINA, D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Jacqueline Wiles and Paula Moltzan upstaged their Olympic champion teammates, Breezy Johnson and Mikaela Shiffrin.

Wiles and Moltzan won bronze in the women's team combined event on Tuesday, Feb. 10. It was the first Olympic medal for both and comes two days after Wiles finished fourth in the downhill, missing the podium by 0.27 seconds.

Wiles was fourth in the downhill portion of the event, 0.45 seconds behind fellow American Breezy Johnson. Moltzan laid down a slalom time of 44.87 to vault the pairing one spot higher with a combined time of 2:21.91.

Austria's Ariane Raedler (1:36.65) and Katharina Huber (45.01) won gold with a time of 2:21.66. Germany's Kira Weidle-Winkelmann (1:37.33) and Emma Aicher (44.38) took silver in 2:21.71.

When they were announced as bronze medalists, Wiles and Moltzan grabbed hands and hopped on the podium, holding their hands aloft.

Johnson and Shiffrin were the pre-race favorites after winning the event when it made its debut at last year’s world championships, but Shiffrin posted the 15th slowest slalom score (45.38) among 18 skiers who finished the slalom course to drop the team off the podium and into fourth.

Johnson won the Olympic downhill on Sunday, Feb. 8. Shiffrin is a two-time Olympic champion.

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