USA stun Norway to take gold in mixed team parallel slalom after Timon Haugan error in final race and Tommy Ford wins

Team USA caused a huge shock and claimed their first-ever gold medal in the parallel mixed team slalom at Courchevel Meribel. A dramatic 3-2 win in the big final over reigning champions Norway sparked wild scenes of jubilation, as Timon Haugan tripped coming out of the starting gate and Tommy Ford raced to victory.

Ad The two countries could not be separated heading into the final race after Paula Moltzan and Thea Louise Stjernesund both finished their respective courses with a time of 22.74 and earned a point each. World Championships'A big upset' — Drama in final run as USA claim gold following Haugan error2 HOURS AGO Austria, the most successful nation in this race, missed out on a bronze medal in the small final which was just as dramatic.

Stefan Brennsteiner was edged out by Canada’s Erik Read, with the latter’s time of 22.39 seconds narrowly eclipsing the former’s 23.09 seconds to complete a memorable afternoon for the North American nations. This thrilling race began with 16 teams featuring four skiers (two men and two women) competing against each other.

Maze goes backstage at Odermatt's gold medal ceremony Goggia 'sorrowful' after disqualification from downhill ‘A hungry Odermatt is really hard to beat!’ – Kilde on how he missed out on gold Two competitors skied along each other on two identical courses in a head-to-head race, and there was drama a plenty throughout this intriguing contest in Courchevel Meribel. The first round of 16 largely went to plan after Switzerland, Canada, USA and Italy all progressed through to the quarter-finals.

But there was drama in the quarters, after the North American duo of Canada and the USA dumped out Switzerland and Italy respectively. Austria dumped out Germany in a repeat