Queenstown’s Alice Robinson, 23, has won her fifth World Cup victory with gold at the Copper Mountain FIS Giant Slalom World Cup race, marking her career fifth World Cup victory and a brilliant start to her 2025/26 season.
Today’s win means that Australian born Robinson is the most successful female alpine ski racer of all time from a non-North American/non-European country.
“It’s amazing, it was definitely a day of two different runs. The first run I felt so in control and so smooth and then the second run I felt out of control and like I was recovering the whole time, so I was shocked to see the green light at the finish!” said Robinson.
“I wasn’t feeling that confident coming into this race, so I am really proud of myself, I trusted my instinct and skied how I wanted to ski, it’s like a dream.”
Robinson took a convincing lead of 0.60 seconds in the first run, executing a flawless performance on the aggressive, early season Colorado snow. She further built on her advantage in run two to take the win by 0.96 seconds.
Robinson was joined on the podium by Austria’s Julia Scheib in second place, with Thea Louise Stjernesund of Norway rounding out the podium in third.
The 2025/26 FIS Alpine World Cup Tour continues throughout December, with Robinson expected to race almost every weekend between now and the New Year in both Giant Slalom and Speed events as she prepares for the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games in February.
