2022 Olympian Louis Muhlen-Schulte has competed in his first World Cup event since the 2025 World Championships last month, in giant slalom and slalom races in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.
 
In the giant slalom, Muhlen-Schulte was 40th, missing out on the top-30 required for the second run, in a time of 1:14.73, four seconds behind event winner Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway.
 
In the slalom, Muhlen-Schulte was joined by fellow National Team member Hugh McAdam, but unfortunately both did not finish the run. Kristoffersen made it a double victory weekend finishing first again on day two in Slovenia.
 
Muhlen-Schulte and McAdam will now assess the remaining events they will ski this season, including European Cup starts, in addition to their last World Cup stop in Hafjell, Norway, on March 15-16.

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.
 
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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.

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.

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.

Two time Olympian Greta Small has competed in the FIS Alpine World Championship speed events in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, with weather impacting the first week of the event. .

After a 3 day weather delay, conditions finally improved and the women's super-g was the opening event at the World Championships, with the NSWIS skier finishing in 37th, 5.49 seconds back from the event winner Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland.

In the downhill Small was the 28th skier across the line, 3.41 second behind Corinne Suter who made it a Swiss double in the women's speed events.

Small has one event left in Cortina, the alpine combined event on tonight. The format for the alpine combined event is a super-g event up first, with athletes then competing in the slalom, with the times from both events added to determine the winner.

Snow Australia racer Hugh McAdam will be making his World Championship debut in the giant slalom and slalom events.

McAdam will need to compete in the qualifying event in each discipline, with the top-25 advancing to the medal events.

The schedule for McAdam in Cortina is
Giant slalom qualification event - Thursday, February 18
Giant slalom medal event - Friday, February. 19
Slalom qualifying event - Saturday, February 20
Slalom medal event - Sunday, February 21

IMAGE: After the first three days were impacted by bad weather, it was great to see the return of sunny skies in Cortina © FIS Alpine

Snow Australia has announced two athletes who will represent the Australian team at the upcoming 2021 FIS Alpine World Championships including two-time NSWIS Olympian Greta Small and World Championships debutant Hugh McAdam.

Twenty-year old Hugh McAdam will join top Australian Alpine skier Greta Small in Cortina (Italy), where the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships start next Monday and run until the 21 February.

Small recently made yet another World Cup comeback from a torn ACL injury, the third major knee injury in her career, and will compete in the Downhill, Super G and Alpine Combined in her fourth FIS World Championships.

McAdam will have to make his way into the Giant Slalom and Slalom World Championships races through the qualifying events, scheduled on the 18 February and 20 February respectively. McAdam needs to finish in the top-25 in those races to advance and start in the medal events.

AUSTRALIAN ATHLETES COMPETITION SCHEDULE

2021 FIS Ski World Championships - Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy

    Monday, Feb 8 - Greta Small, Alpine Combined - Women
    Tuesday, Feb. 9 - Greta Small, Super-G - Women
    Saturday, Feb. 13 - Greta Small, Downhill - Women
    Thursday, Feb. 18 - Hugh McAdam, Giant Slalom Qualification Event - Men
    Friday, Feb. 19 - Hugh McAdam, Giant Slalom - Men*
    Saturday, Feb. 20 - Hugh McAdam, Slalom Qualification Event - Men
    Sunday, Feb. 21 - Hugh McAdam, Slalom - Men*

*if qualified
 
IMAGE: Greta Small carving up the slopes last season at Club Med resort in Valmorel © Chris Hocking/OWIA

Article courtesy of Snow Australia