Americans Jacqueline Wiles, Paula Moltzan help Team USA to bronze in alpine skiing women’s team combined

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Team USA racked up a bronze medal in the alpine skiing women’s team combined event at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Tuesday – and it wasn’t the skiers fans were expecting.

The team of Jacqueline Wiles and Paula Moltzan were the Americans on the podium in the event. Wiles tackled the downhill portion of it, and Moltzan completed the slalom. Wiles had a downhill time of 1:37.04, and Moltzan put together a slalom time of 44.87.

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United States' Jacqueline Wiles, left, and teammate United States' Paula Moltzan show their bronze medals in an alpine ski, women's team combined 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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United States' Paula Moltzan, left, celebrates with her teammate United States' Jacqueline Wiles at the finish area of an alpine ski women's team combined race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Johnson had a solid run, finishing with a time of 1:36.59 – the best of any competitor in her group. Shiffrin wasn’t quick enough to elevate her pair to the podium, finishing a half-second behind Moltzan in the event.