The final World Cup events of the season have taken place for Louis Muhlen-Schulte, with giant slalom and slalom races in Hafjell, Norway.
 
First up for the 2022 Olympian was the giant slalom, with Muhlen-Schulte finishing in 47th place in the first run finishing in a time of 1:12.47, 3.07 seconds behind event winner Loic Meillard of Switzerland, who led a Swiss clean sweep with Marco Odermatt and Thomas Tumlber also on the podium.
 
In the slalom, Muhlen-Schulte was 48th in a time of 1:05.27, 4.81 seconds behind Meillard who made it back-to-back victories over the weekend.
 
The World Cup finals for Alpine Skiing will take place in Sun Valley, Idaho, USA, from March 22 to 27.

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.

The 2025 World Championships in Saalbach, Austria, have concluded with the technical giant slalom and slalom events.
 
2022 Olympian Louis Muhlen-Schulte skied to a personal best World Championship finish of 31st in the giant slalom, Australia’s best performance over the two weeks of competition in Saalbach.
 
Muhlen-Schulte was in 36th place after the first run and improved to have the 31st fastest time in the second run, and 31st overall.
 
In the slalom Muhlen-Schulte was unable to complete the run recording a DNF.
 
Also in the technical events were fellow National Team Members
 
Hugh McAdam: Giant Slalom – DNF1 Slalom – 36th
Phoebe Heaydon: Giant Slalom – DNF1 Slalom – DNF1
Connor Leggett: Slalom – 48th
Henry Heaydon: Slalom DNF1
Sophie Mahon: Slalom DNF1

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.

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.

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.

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.