Madi Hoffman has achieved Australia’s best Olympic result in the women’s slalom since Zali Steggall won bronze way back in 1998, with team chef de mission Alisa Camplin hailing the results across the board.
The US-based Sydney skier finished 23rd from a field of 95, with American great Mikaela Shiffrin winning her second gold in the event, 12 years after her first.
Hoffman locked in a sought-after top 30 spot with an impressive first run to sit 26th.
Rather than protecting that, she threw everything at run two and moved up three positions overall.
“I went for it,” said Hoffman, whose Olympic debut was delayed by four years when she ruptured her ACL on the eve of the 2022 Beijing Games.
“You can just ski conservative or you can go.
“And I chose to go – that’s who I am.”
Fellow Australian Phoebe Heaydon recorded a first-run DNF in the slalom, however the 20-year-old still walked away with an impressive Olympic debut after finishing 34th in the giant slalom.
