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Italy's Federica Brignone put in a dominant display to win gold in the women's giant slalom at the Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach on Thursday.

Austrian Raphael Haaser went from fifth place to win the World Alpine Skiing Championships giant slalom, the first top-level victory of his career. Haaser, 27, prevailed by 23 hundredths of a second over Swiss Thomas Tumler combining times from two runs in Saalbach,

Moltzan won bronze in the giant slalom on Thursday, edging Thea Louise Stjernesund by just 0.01 seconds for the first individual worlds medal of her career. It’s also the fourth medal won in as many races for the U.

The Laramie alpine ski team placed one athletes inside the top-12 of a giant slalom race on the final day of the Pinedale invitational on Saturday at White Pines Ski

Austrian skier Raphael Haaser ended the Swiss dominance in the men's events at the Alpine world championships by winning the giant slalom Friday. Haaser improved from fifth place in the opening run as the leading racers faltered in the second and finished ahead of three Swiss rivals.

Italian Federica Brignone will go into a home Olympics as a reigning world champion, while Minnesotan Paula Moltzan is a first-time individual world medalist, 12-plus years after her debut at ski racing’s highest level.

Laramie's alpine skiers placed two inside the top 15 of a giant slalom race to kick off the Pinedale Invite on Friday at White Pines Ski Area.

Austrian skier Raphael Haaser ended the Swiss dominance in the men's events at the Alpine world championships by winning the giant slalom on Friday.

Italy's Federica Brignone and New Zealand's Alice Robinson blew away the field Thursday, with Moltzan sneaking into the No. 3 spot.