Ariane Raedler (AUT) set the table in the downhill portion of the women’s Olympic team combined event so that partner Katharina Huber (AUT) could eat in the slalom. The duo won gold in Tuesday's event in Cortina, clocking in at a cumulative 2:21.66.
It was the first time either Austrian tasted gold at a Winter Games, and it began with the 31-year-old Raedler sending it in the downhill leg. She posted the second quickest time, only six hundredths of a second behind Breezy Johnson's (USA) top mark.
Meanwhile, Huber trailed the slalom leader by 0.63 seconds after her run, which was good enough to propel the duo to victory.
Germany's Kira Weidle-Winkelmann and Emma Aicher snagged silver, narrowly missing out on gold by five hundredths of a second (+0.05).
For Aicher, it was her third-career Olympic silver medal and second in as many races this week in Cortina. The 22-year-old has proven to be a force on the world's biggest stage and is expected start in three more Olympic events (the super-G, giant slalom and slalom) before the Closing Ceremony. If she winds up doing this, she will have competed in all five possible Alpine skiing competitions during the Milan Cortina Games.
Meanwhile, Americans Paula Moltzan and Jackie Wiles both earned their first Olympic medals, securing bronze (+0.25).
It came a couple of days after Wiles expressed disappointment in her performance in the downhill.
"It is hard being in fourth," she told reporters on Sunday. "I feel like after everything I've been through in my career at my age, I don't have many chances left. So yeah, it hurts."
Sitting 0.27 off the podium was a tough pill to swallow. Apparently, she's had trouble sleeping in the nights since then. On Tuesday, the 33-year-old finally got her hands on that elusive Olympic medal.
It was also a milestone moment for Moltzan, who came into the Games in top form. On the World Cup circuit (the highest level of competition in Alpine skiing), she's captured four podiums and three runners-up during the 2025-26 season. Throughout her career, the 31-year-old has always been talented, but this year (and last), she's found the consistency to make her great.
"She's a running gun. She’s like Bode Miller (USA)," said Ted Ligety, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and NBC Sports analyst. "I don't think there's anybody else on the woman's tour that skis with that much intensity and is taking quite as much risk, but also has that ability to make wild recoveries. She's extremely tough."
Sunday's downhill gold medalist Johnson and Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) placed fourth (+0.31). Johnson topped the table in the downhill section, recording the quickest time, but Shiffrin was off her game.
"During my run, I had a feeling that I wasn't getting my in my groove," Shiffrin said. "I was trying to reset every turn and bring it more.
"I love that we've got Jackie and Paula on the podium. It's so many positive things about the day, and I didn't really live up to that, you know?"
The Edwards, Colorado native also gave props to her team combined partner for throwing down a stellar run amidst the excitement of her downhill gold.
The tandem, who roomed together at the Whistler Cup (a youth ski race) when they were about 12 years old, snagged gold in the team combined at the 2025 Alpine Ski World Championships. They weren't able to repeat the magic Tuesday.
Childhood friends Keely Cashman (USA) and AJ Hurt (USA) came in 15th, while Isabella Wright (USA) did not finish her downhill, disqualifying her and Nina O'Brien (USA) from competition.
Out of 28 races, 10 did not finish, roughly 36 percent. That included Sunday's downhill bronze medalist Sofia Goggia (ITA) and longtime Shiffrin rival Petra Vlhova (SVK), who raced for the first time in over two years.
The next Alpine skiing event at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics is the men’s super-G, scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 11, streaming live on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Two-time gold medalist Franjo von Allmen (SUI), Swiss superstar Marco Odermatt (SUI) and Ryan Cochran-Siegle are all expected to compete. The first racer will leave the starting gate at 5:30 a.m. ET.