Federica Brignone overcame a recent illness to win the first World Cup giant slalom after taking gold at the Alpine skiing world championships on Friday, while Mikaela Shiffrin finished 25th in the American's first race in the discipline in nearly 12 weeks.

A year before the Winter Olympics, the U.S. Ski Team just had a performance to remember. The women’s squad won medals in four out of five events at the world championships in Austria and also had two fourth places.

In the first team combined event in worlds history, the U.S. duo of Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson emerged victorious, as Shiffrin earned a record-tying 15th world medal and record-breaking eighth gold.

Camille Rast won slalom gold in a Swiss one-two with Wendy Holdener on Saturday as American Mikaela Shiffrin missed out on a record 16th career medal at the Alpine Skiing World Championships.

A year before the Winter Olympics the U.S. Ski Team just had a performance to remember. The women’s squad won medals in four out of five events at the world championships in Austria and also had two fourth places.

Camille Rast won slalom gold in a Swiss one-two with Wendy Holdener on Saturday as American Mikaela Shiffrin missed out on a record 16th career medal at the Alpine Skiing World Championships. Austria's Katharina Liensberger took the bronze on home snow in the last women's race of the 13-day championships in Saalbach.

It was only Shiffrin's second full slalom race since she suffered severe trauma and a deep puncture wound in Killington, Vt., 10 weeks ago.

The U.S. Ski Team just had a performance to remember. The women’s squad won medals in four out of five events at the world championships in Austria.

Swiss skier Camille Rast won the women's slalom at the Alpine world championships. Mikaela Shiffrin finished fifth and missed out on what would have been the American's record-setting 16th career medal at worlds.

And extending her perfect run of six medals in six career slalom races at the world championships. Mikaela Shiffrin’s array of international fans who gathered in the Austrian Alps may have entertained the thought of witnessing those achievements when the American stood third after the opening run Saturday,

Swiss skier Camille Rast built a big lead and Mikaela Shiffrin was looming in third in the opening run of the women’s slalom at the Alpine world championships on Saturday. Rast finished 0.58 seconds ahead of Katharina Liensberger of Austria,