US skiers cast injury aside to win team event gold at worlds

By ANDREW DAMPF
AP Sports Writer

MERIBEL, France (AP) — The United States edged defending champion Norway 3-2 in the final to win the team event at the Alpine skiing world championships. Tommy Ford won the decisive run when Timon Haugan got stuck in the start. It had been 2-2 after Paula Moltzan and Thea Louise Stjernesund finished in a tie in the penultimate heat. Nina O’Brien won the opening heat of the final against Kristin Lysdahl before Alexander Steen Olsen narrowly edged River Radamus. Mikaela Shiffrin did not compete in the event. U.S. Alpine director Patrick Riml says “everybody is fired up and has a lot of confidence.”