Abi Harrigan has broken through in freeski slopestyle to claim the first World Cup podium placing of her career, another achievement that showed the might of Australian winter sport athletes on the weekend.
Freeski Slopestyle: Harrigan claims first career ski slopestyle podium in France
Abi Harrigan has broken through to claim the first World Cup podium placing of her career, finishing second in the slopestyle event in Tignes, France.
The Beijing 2022 Olympian qualified for finals in sixth place with a best score of 64.66, also advancing to the 10-woman final was teammate Daisy Thomas in seventh on 62.58.
In the best-of-two run final Abi put two down clean runs, scoring 67.85 for her first run and then 75.41 in the last run to land her in second place. It is Australia’s first World Cup ski slopestyle podium since Russ Henshaw in 2017 and she is only the second Australian female to do it, joining former world champion Anna Segal.
“Feeling pretty surreal to get my first podium here at Tignes,” 22-year-old Abi said.
“I had a large training block after the Laax Open, got a lot of stuff done, but also just had a blast skiing and love the sport so much right now, which has given me a new mindset towards competing.
“This is the best thing leading into World Champs. It’s definitely going to give me a big confidence boost. Just stoked to ski a new course and see what we can get done.”
The New South Wales Institute of Sport rider’s silver medal run included a right spinning 540 with grab on the first jump, switch 720 with grab on the second jump, smooth rail sections and left spinning cork 720 with grab on the final jump.
Joining Abi on the podium in first place was Kirsty Muir of Great Britain on 77.98, third place went to Ruby Star Andrews of New Zealand on 72.75.
Daisy, 17, finished in eighth place a best score of 59.83.
The podium performance for Abi improved her final World Cup slopestyle ranking to 11th, while Daisy is 17th. In the big air discipline, Daisy finished the season ranked 14th and Abi 21st.
The freeski season for Abi and Daisy concludes at the FIS World Championships in St Moritz, Switzerland from the 19th of March.
Aerial Skiing: Peel wins World Cup final third Crystal Globe on 2026 Olympic Course
Laura Peel has won the final World Cup event of the season with a stunning performance on the 2026 Olympic course in Livigno, Italy to end the season as the number one ranked athlete in the world.
It's her fifth World Cup victory of the season, the 14th of her career and Laura claims her third FIS World Cup Crystal Globe for finishing the season as the world's top ranked women's aerial skier. Australian female aerial skiers have now amassed a total of 14 Crystal Globes over the past 33 years.
Laura has the second-highest total among Australians with three, trailing only the legendary Jacqui Cooper, who has five. Other winners include Kirstie Marshall, Alisa Camplin, Lydia Lassila and Danielle Scott.
Mogul Skiing: Wilson shocks the world to claim first career victory on 2026 Olympic course
Charlotte Wilson has stunned the FIS World Cup circuit, claiming her first career victory in the dual moguls event on the site of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Livigno, Italy, next February.
Charlotte set the record for the fewest amount of starts by an Australian mogul skier to win World Cup gold, in just her tenth start of her first season competing at the highest level. She is only the third Australian female mogul skier to win a World Cup event following in the footsteps of World Champion Britt Cox and Olympic champion Jakara Anthony.
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Short Track Speed Skating: Corey 5th at World Championships
Brendan Corey has skated to his third straight Short Track 1500m A-Final at the World Championships, just missing a medal in fifth place in Beijing, China.
In the A-Final, Corey came close to making it back-to-back World Championship podium placings after securing bronze in 2024.
Corey reflected on a successful World Championships.
“Overall, I'm happy with my performance. I was skating strong and confidently. I've been in the 1500m A final three consecutive years, and I'm sure my competitors are taking notice,” Brendan said.
“I was feeling very strong in the 1500m. I was well positioned, in third with two laps to go. Then one of my competitors did a desperate pass and I got pushed to the back of the back. He got penalised from the move but unfortunately, there's not advancements to medals!”
He also finished 20th in the 1000m and 29th in the 500m.
“This has been my most consistent season in a single distance. Five times in the top 10 in the 1500m.
“I'm feeling confident in the 1500m event and would consider myself a top contender in that distance. I need to focus this off-season on the short events. I'd like to be competitive in all three individual events at Milano Cortina 2026.”
Snowboard Slopestyle: Coady sixth after finals cancelled in Absolut Park
Snowboarder Tess Coady has competed in the World Cup slopestyle event at Absolut Park in Flachau, Austria, finishing third in her heat and sixth overall in qualifications before finals were cancelled due to snowfall and low visibility.
After the decision to cancel finals, qualification scores from the two heats were used to determine the final result, placing Tess sixth overall.
Also competing for Australia was NSWIS World Cup rookie Ally Hickman in 32nd.
The result was great preparation for Tess, leading into the FIS Snowboard and Freestyle World Championships commencing this week in St Moritz, Switzerland. Tess will be looking for her third World Championship medal after a podium performance in 2021 (slopestyle - Aspen) and 2023 (big air - Bakuriani).
Bobsleigh: Walker and Reddingius 13th at World Championships
Beijing 2022 Olympians Bree Walker and Kiarra Reddingius have finished their season placing 13th in the two-woman event at the 2025 IBSF World Championships in Lake, Placid, USA.
The pair were 14th fastest in their first three runs. In the fourth run they improved to the 11th best time of the round, posting a combined time of 3:50.75 seconds. Bree was impacted by illness for the entire event.
The event winner, Germany’s Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi were 4.75 seconds ahead of Bree and Kiarra.
Australia also competed in the four-man bobsleigh, with pilot Rhys Peters joined by Jermayne Takapautolo, Jack Pennington and Benjamin Forst.
Unfortunately in the first run they crashed just after the halfway point, sliding the remainder of the track to the finish line in 24th.
The Australian sled did complete the run, so they were eligible for a second run, but it was cancelled due to warm conditions. They did not make the result cut for runs three and four.
Alpine Skiing: Final World Cup events of the season for Muhlen-Schulte in Norway
The final World Cup events of the season took place for Louis Muhlen-Schulte with giant slalom and slalom races in Hafjell, Norway.
First up for the Beijing 2022 Olympian was the giant slalom, finishing 47th in a time of 1:12.47, 3.07 seconds behind event winner Loic Meillard of Switzerland.
In the slalom, Louis 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.
Cross-Country Skiing: Cridland 41st in Oslo World Cup
The Australian Cross-Country Skiing Team has returned to competition a week after the 2025 World Championships, remaining in Norway for a World Cup in Oslo.
Phoebe Cridland was the best place finisher for Australia in a personal best placing of 41st in the women’s 20km Interval Start Classic.
The next World Cup will take place in Tallinn, Estonia, with a city spring race on March 19.
