CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Tallulah Proulx completed her historic Olympic debut on Tuesday with a top 50 finish in the Olympic slalom, completing both runs in 2 minutes and 8.38 seconds at the Tofane Alpine Skiing Center in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
The 17-year-old Winter Sports School graduate, racing for the Philippines, advanced through the first run despite a few mid-course “bobbles,” as she called them, and returned for a second run on a course ready to give her all.
“My adrenaline is still pumping. I’m grateful I made it down. I continue to fight, and I definitely have things to work on in the second run. I’m ready to put my all into this final run of my Olympic debut!” said Proulx.
Proulx is the first woman and the youngest athlete to represent the Philippines at the Winter Games. Her appearance in Cortina d’Ampezzo makes her one of two Filipino athletes at the 2026 Games, along with Francis Ceccarelli, who competed in the men’s giant slalom and slalom in Bormio.
Team USA took home gold with a win from Mikaela Shiffrin, her third Olympic gold medal and first since 2018. With the win, Shiffrin broke the two-medal tie with Andrea Mead Lawrence and Ted Ligety for the most Olympic gold medals won by a U.S. alpine skier.
Switzerland’s Camille Rast finished second, a full minute and a half behind Shiffrin’s winning time of 1 minute, 39.1 seconds, and Sweden’s Anna Swenn Larsson placed third.
“This is crazy. Life is crazy. It’s just so much effort and work and focus and preparation for two runs of 47, 50 seconds,” said Shiffrin. “I can’t even explain what it feels like to cross the finish line and know before I saw the time that I did that skiing, and then to see the time and think, ‘Holy shit.'”
Shiffrin broke an eight-year drought at the Olympics with her gold medal, the winningest skier in World Cup history with a rare blemish on her record.
Team USA’s Paula Moltzan posted a top 10 finish after a challenging first run, 2.19 seconds behind Shiffrin in eighth place. Teammate AJ Hurt came in 19th, and Nina O’Brien was unable to complete the race after skiing off the course in the first run.
“It takes a lot of effort, it takes a lot of support from the whole team. My team, they’ve been doing so much work, and they’ve been so encouraging and supportive of me in the moments when I was thinking about pressure and expectations,” said Shiffrin.