The men’s alpine skiing World Cup tour is currently in Alta Badia, in Italy, competing in the giant slalom and slalom disciplines.
 
First up in the Italian resort was the giant slalom race, 2022 Olympian Louis Muhlen-Schulte finished the first run in 41st place, 2.23 seconds behind leader Filip Zubcic of Croatia, and 0.65 seconds from qualifying for the top-30 second run.
 
In the second run Swiss star Marco Odermatt charged home to take the victory and remains in first place on the FIS World Cup overall standings, on track for his fourth straight Overall title.
 
In the first run of the slalom World Cup event, Muhlen-Schulte was unable to finish his run, with Hugh McAdam finishing in 48th place.

Unfortunately Madi Hoffman has confirmed her northern winter season has come to an end, with the 24-year-old injuring both knees last week in Italy.

The injury comes just after Hoffman had a great week racing in Panorama, Canada, where she took gold, silver, and bronze medals in Nor-Am Cup events.

Madi Hoffman has had a successful return to the Nor-Am circuit, with a podium performance in three of the four events in Panorama Resort in BC, Canada.
 
First up in the Canadian resort were two slalom events, with Hoffman placing third in the first event, and second on day two.
 
In the first day of giant slalom competition, Hoffman finished in first place to claim the third Nor-Am victory of her career.
 
Unfortunately in the second giant slalom event, Hoffman recorded a DNF.

IMAGE - Madi Hoffman in action in Canada
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Australian alpine skier’s Greta Small and Louis Muhlen-Schulte were both in action over the weekend, with Small competing in the super-g in Beaver Creek, USA, and Muhlen-Schulte in the slalom in Val d’Isere, France.
 
For three-time Olympian Small, the event was her first World Cup start of the season, but unfortunately was unable to complete the Birds of Prey Course recording a did not finish. The women’s event was won by Sofia Goggia of Italy, Swiss skier Lara Gut-Behrami was second and Austrian Ariane Raedler rounded out the podium in third.
 
In the French Alpes, 2022 Olympian Muhlen-Schulte competed in the slalom, he crossed the line 4.34 seconds behind the first run leader Steven Amiez of France, but was later disqualified for not passing through a gate correctly.  
 
Norway went on to take out the top two positions in the event,  Henrik Kristoffersen was the winner, teammate Atle Lie McGrath in second, and Loic Meillard of Switzerland in third.
 
Next weekend, Greta Small will race in the World Cup super-g events at St Mortiz, Switzerland, while Muhlen-Schulte will race in the giant slalom in Alta Badia, Italy.

2023 Youth Olympian Duncan Cowan has claimed victory on both days of Nor-Am competition in the Canadian resort of Nakiska.
 
The victories are the first at the FIS level for the 18-year-old, and just his third and fourth start at the Nor-Am level.
 
Also in action for Australia was 17-year-old Lucia Parsons, who finished in seventh place on both days in her Nor-Am debut.

The FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup tour has moved to Beaver Creek, CO, USA, for two weeks of competition, first up was the men with a downhill, super-g and giant slalom events on the famous Birds of Prey course.

2022 Olympian Louis Muhen-Schulte was the sole Australian male in action competing in the giant slalom, his second World Cup start for the season in that discipline.

Muhen-Schulte completed the first run in a time of 1:20.25 seconds in 40th place, missing out by 1.06 seconds on qualifying for the top-30 second run, and 4.01 seconds behind first run leader Thomas Tumbler of Switzerland who defended his lead in the second run to record the first World Cup victory of his career.

Next week it will be the women’s turn to compete in Beaver Creek, with a downhill and super-g race on December 14 and 15.

Three-time Olympian Greta Small will be making her season debut in the two speed events.

The World Cup Alpine Skiing tour has now moved to the USA, with events in Killington for the women and then Beaver Creek for both the men and women
 
First up was a double World Cup competition in Killington, featuring a giant slalom and slalom event with Madi Hoffman in action.
 
Hoffman placed 44th in the giant slalom in a time of 1:00.36 seconds, just missing out on the top-30 second run by 1.11 seconds.

American Mikaela Shiffrin’s bid to become the first alpine skier to win 100 World Cup events looked set to take place on home soil after winning the first run in a time of 55.78 seconds, before spectacularly crashed out on the second run, with Sara Hector of Sweden recording the win.
 
In the slalom event, Hoffman recorded a did not finish in the first run after missing a turn half way down the course. Victory over the two runs later went to Camille Rast of Switzerland.
 
The next World Cup is for the men in Beaver Creek, with Louis Muhlen-Schulte competing in the Giant Slalom on December 8th.
 
Greta Small will open her season in Beaver Creek the following week, with a downhill on December 14 and Super G on December 15.