Three-time Olympian Greta Small has suffered an unfortunate knee injury during the downhill race at the 2025 World Championships in Saalbach, Austria.
 
Competing under sunny skies at her sixth World Championships, Small was the 23rd skier on the start list, and tweaked her knee one third of the way down the course. Fortunately Small was able to come to stop and avoided crashing.
 
American Breezy Johnson won the downhill event ahead of Austrian Mirjam Puchner in second and two-sport 2018 Olympic Alpine Skiing and Snowboard PGS gold medallist Ester Ledecka in third.
 
Earlier in Saalbach, Small also competed in the super-g, but was disqualified after missing the last gate.
 
Victory in the super-g went to Austrian Stephanie Venier, Italian Federica Brignone was second and American Lauren Macuga was third.
 
Small will now return home for further evaluation to assess her knee, but looks set for a long stint on the sidelines.
 
Still to compete later this week for Australia at the World Championships will be
 
Giant Slalom: Louis Muhlen-Schulte, Hugh McAdam, Phoebe Heaydon
 
Slalom: Louis Muhlen-Schulte, Hugh McAdam, Connor Leggett, Henry Heaydon, Phoebe Heaydon, Sophie Mahon
 
For the schedule and to watch the Aussies live in action, visit the Snow Live Page here

Last week Schladming in Austria hosted World Cup giant slalom and slalom events, 2022 Olympian Louis Muhlen-Schulte and Hugh McAdam represented Australia in the spectacular night events where 45,000 fans keen ski racing fans attended.
 
The first event in Schladming was the giant slalom, Muhlen-Schulte placed 53rd in the first run.
 
In the slalom event, unfortunately both Muhlen-Schulte and McAdam did not finish their runs.
 
Norway celebrated a double victory in Schladming, Timon Haugan was first in the slalom and then Alexander Steen Olsen won the giant slalom.

Snow Australia is pleased to announce the selection of Greta Small to the 2025 Alpine World Ski Championship Team to compete in the speed events of Downhill and Super G.
 
The Alpine World Ski Championships will this year be held in Saalbach, Austria, from February 4 - 16.
 
Greta Small will compete in both the Downhill and Super G races, before being joined by fellow National Alpine Ski Team member Phoebe Heaydon to contest the inaugural Team Combined race.
 
The new Team Combined event will replace the individual combined event, making its debut in a senior major competition ahead of making its first Winter Olympic appearance at Milano Cortina 2026.
 
"I am really looking forward to joining the team again for this World Championships in Saalbach, Austria. I will be meeting Greta and her staff on Sunday at the hotel with the first official DH training on the 4th of February. Besides the first week of speed races, I will be looking forward to watching Greta and Phoebe Heaydon team up to represent Australia and compete in the first ever Team Combined." said Shawn Fleming, Snow Australia's Alpine Program Director.
 
"I also think this will be an exciting transition to the second week of competition which will see more Aussies competing in both GS and SL. We will have another media release for those team members next week as we get closer to their arrival and beginning of their competition week. I will do my best to keep everyone up to date and give some behind the scenes sneak peaks of the athletes."
 
All events from Saalbach, Austria are set to be live streamed via SnowLive.
 
The Australian Team for the technical events of slalom and giant slalom will be announced next week.
 
Article courtesy Snow Australia

Greta Small at Club Med resort in Valmorel © Chris Hocking/OWIA

Weekend World Cup action saw Olympians Greta Small and Louis Muhlen-Schulte along with Snow Australia National Team member Hugh McAdam compete in women’s speed events in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and the men’s slalom in Kitzbuehel, Austria.
 
German resort Garmisch-Partenkirchen hosted the women’s downhill and super-g races, with Small unfortunately not finishing her run in either event.
 
Victory in the downhill went to Italian Federica Brignone, and the super-g was won by Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland.
 
Competing in the iconic men’s Kitzbuehel Hahnenkamm World Cup in Austria, Muhlen-Schulte and McAdam took part in the slalom event on Sunday, both did not finish their run.
 
Frenchman Clement Noel won the slalom, Marco Odermatt of Switzerland won the super-g, and the downhill event witnessed a remarkable upset as Canada secured both gold and bronze medals. James Crawford led the charge, achieving the first World Cup victory of his career and marking Canada's first win on the Strife course in Kitzbuhel in 42 years.
 
Tonight Muhlen-Schulte will be competing in the giant slalom in Schladming, Austria, and tomorrow he will be joined by McAdam in the slalom.

Greta Small and Louis Muhlen-Schulte were in action over the weekend in World Cup alpine events in Cortina d’Amprezzo, Italy, and Wengen, Switzerland.
 
First up was Greta Small who raced at the 2026 Olympic venue in Cortina, finishing 49th in the downhill and 48th in the super-g.
 
Italian skiers took the victory on home snow, with Sofia Goggia winning the downhill and Federica Brigone first in the super-g.
 
2022 Olympian Louis Muhlen-Schulte competed in the slalom event at the Wengen World Cup, placing 52nd in the first run.
 
Norway dominated the slalom, with an impressive clean sweep the podium with Atlie Lie McGrath in first, Timon Haugan second and Henrik Kristoffersen third.
 
Next for Small is the downhill and super-g races in Garmisch, Germany on January 25-26, with Muhlen-Schulte competing at the iconic Kitzbuehel World Cup event in the slalom on January 26.

2022 Olympian Louis Muhlen-Schulte has competed in World Cup events in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, and Adelboden, Switzerland, during the past week, his best result coming in the giant slalom at Adelboden where he placed 39th. Compatriot Hugh McAdam also competed alongside Muhlen-Schulte in the slalom events.
 
First up was a night slalom World Cup in Madonna di Campiglio, where Muhlen-Schulte and McAdam both recorded a DNF (did not finish) in the first run.
 
The World Cup tour then moved to Adelboden for slalom and giant slalom races.
 
In the slalom, Muhlen-Schulte finished the first run in 53rd place, Hugh McAdam recorded a DNF.
 
The final event in Adelboden was a giant slalom, where Muhlen-Schulte just missed the top-30 second run by 0.96 seconds in 39th place.
 
Next weekend Muhlen-Schulte and McAdam will be competing in the slalom at the annual  World Cup races in Wengen, Switzerland, on January 19.

Three-time Olympian Greta Small will compete in her fist World Cup events of the new year, at a downhill and super-g scheduled for the 2026 Olympic resort and courses in Cortina d’Amprezzo, Italy, on January 18 and 19.

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.

Over the past week Madi Hoffman has had three World Cup starts in two different countries, with her best result coming the giant slalom in Jasna, Slovakia.

First up was the night slalom event in Flachau, Austria, with Hoffman recording a did not finish in the first run.

Next the women's tour moved to Jasna, Slovakia, for a double event weekend featuring giant slalom and slalom.

In the giant slalom, Hoffman finished in 51st place and in the slalom did not finish her first run.

Legendary US skier Mikael Shiffrin further extended her record for most ever wins by an alpine skier, with victories in both slalom events taking her career total to 95 victories, with Sara Hector winning the giant slalom.

This week Olympians Harry Laidlaw and Louis Muhlen-Schulte will be competing in the World Cup giant slalom in Schladming, Austria, with the event to take place on January 23.

Unfortunately three time Olympian Greta Small is set for a stint on the sidelines after injuring her arm last week.

The FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup returned to Europe over the weekend, with Louis Muhlen-Schulte and Greta Small representing Australia.

Muhlen-Schulte competed in his first World Cup of the season in Val d'Isere, France, but his day ended early as he missed a gate and was unable to finish his first run.

Unfortunately Small had no luck in St Moritz, Switzerland, with the Downhill event being called off after the first 35 competitors. Before the event was called off for the remaining skiers, Mikaela Shiffrin of the USA claimed victory, giving her World Cup win number 91.

Small has now seen four Word Cup events cancelled this season due to weather, with snow and wind playing havoc with many World Cup's in Europe and North America so far this season. 

On the final day in St Moritz, Small missed out again when the super-g event was unable to commence at all due to heavy snowfall the night before.

Three-time Olympian Greta Small has returned to competition after a  back injury forced her out of the previous weekends event in Switzerland, taking part in a triple World Cup speed race in Kvitfjell, Norway.

The NSWIS skier competed in the super-g event first, finishing in 41st place, then the downhill on the following day placing 42nd, and on the third and final day, another super-g event was ran, with the 27-year-old finishing 42nd again.

It was the final World Cup stop of the season for Small, with just the World Cup Finals speed events remaining in Soldeu, Andorra, which has a reduced field.