Moltzan Upstages Shiffrin to Win Season-Opening World Cup Giant Slalom
Moltzan earned her first World Cup win after 10 podiums, with Lara Colturi 0.01 seconds back and Mikaela Shiffrin seventh.
- On Saturday, American Paula Moltzan won the season-opening World Cup giant slalom in Soelden, Austria, upstaging teammate Mikaela Shiffrin in a competitive international field.
- Fifth after the first leg on the Rettenbach slope, Moltzan held her nerve during the second descent to secure a combined winning time of 2min 14.82sec.
- Italian-Born Albanian Lara Colturi finished second, just one-hundredth of a second behind Moltzan, while Germany's Emma Aicher rounded out the podium at 0.52sec back.
- Mikaela Shiffrin, seeking a record-stretching 111th World Cup victory, finished seventh after sliding wide during her run in increasingly foggy conditions on the Rettenbach.
- Sweden's Sara Hector, the 2022 Olympic giant slalom champion, finished behind the top three after a costly mistake on the second descent ended her podium hopes.
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Shiffrin finishes giant slalom in 7th place as ski racing season starts in Austria
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USA's Paula Moltzan, fifth in the first round, won Saturday in the first alpine ski race of the 2026-2027 season, a giant slalom on the Sölden glacier in Austria. Valaisanne Camille Rast finished sixthThe Alpine World Cup took over this Saturday with a giant women's slalom in Sölden (Austria). While the victory seemed to be promised to the American Mikaela Shiffrin, the fastest on the first track, it was his countryman Paula Moltzan who won the …
Paula Moltzan celebrates her first World Cup victory at the first giant slalom of the season. The American wins the race in Austria thinly ahead of Lara Colturi and Emma Aicher. The best Swiss woman is Camille Rast in sixth place.
ZAGREB American Paula Moltzan is the winner of the first race of the new World Cup season, the giant slalom that the skiers rode in Soelden on Saturday, while Croatian skier Zrinka Ljutić took 11th place. Moltzan won with a time of 2:14.82, the second [...] Post American Paula Moltzan celebrated in Solden at the season opener. Zrinka Ljutić on the 11th appeared for the first time on Novi list.
Moltzan upstages Shiffrin to win season-opening World Cup giant slalom
World bronze medallist Moltzan, fifth fastest after the first of two legs on the Rettenbach slope in the Austrian resort, held her nerve on the second descent for a combined winning time of 2min 14.82sec. After 10 podiums in 13 World Cup seasons, it was the 32-year-old American's first-ever victory on the elite alpine skiing circuit. Italian-born Albanian Lara Colturi was second, just one-hundredth of a second off the American, with Germany's Em…
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