Harry Laidlaw has recorded a personal best World Cup performance in Schladming, Austria, finishing in 37th place in the giant slalom event,

The result improves on his previous best finish of 39th place at the World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, back in March 2022.

Competing under a huge crowd at night at the Austrian resort, the 2018 Olympian finished in a time of 1:12.64, 3.59 seconds behind Swiss skier Loic Meillard who went on to win the event.

Louis Muhlen-Schulte was also in action at Schladming, competing in the slalom event where he finished in 48th place in the first run.

The alpine skiing athletes will now prepare for the upcoming World Championships in Courchevel-Meribel, France, which will take place from February 6-19

Australian alpine skiers Greta Small and Louis Muhlen-Schulte have competed in World Cup events over the weekend with Small in action in Cortina d' Amprezzo, Italy, and Muhlen-Schulte at the iconic Kitzbuhel event in Austria.

NSWIS skier Small took part in three speed events in Cortina, finishing in 46th place in the first downhill event, a seasons best 37th in the second downhill, and 46th in the super-g.

In front of a huge crowd in Kitzbuhel, Muhlen-Schulte finished in 43rd place in the first run of the slalom.

Muhlen-Schulte will now compete in Schladming, Austria, in the World Cup slalom event on January 24.

Harry Laidlaw and Louis Muhlen-Schulte have returned to competition, taking part in the first FIS Alpine World Cup events of 2023.

Muhlen-Schulte was the first to compete, racing in a slalom event on January 4 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, finishing in 51st place, missing out on the top-30 to compete in the final run.

At the World Cup event over the weekend in n Adelboden, Switzerland, Laidlaw was first up in the giant slalom, with the 2018 Olympian finishing in 41st.

In the slalom in Adelboden, Muhlen-Schulte recorded a did not finish on the first run.

Thee time Olympian Greta Small will compete in her first World Cup events of 2023 in St Anton, Austria, with a downhill and super-g to take place next weekend.