World Juniors Bronze in Men’s Team Combined

On Saturday’s men’s Team Combined at the Junior World Alpine Championships the U.S. took home bronze with the team composed of Hunter Salani in downhill and Stanley Buzek in slalom. 

“After Stanley crossed the finish line I knew we had a chance to be on the podium,” said Salani.  “He is a great skier and got the job done, it felt pretty amazing.”

After the downhill portion of the event Salani put his team in good position in 13th place 1.35 seconds off the pace. Buzek, no stranger to doing well at Junior Worlds, knew he had to put down a performance in the slalom and boy did he deliver. Buzek skyrocketed the men to a bronze medal. Bumping the dup up ten spots. 

“Hunter put us in a good spot on the first run,” said Buzek. “I knew this snow would be good for me. I thought we would have a good shot and I’m super happy we made it happen.”

The pair of skiers could be seen jumping for joy when the final skiers crossed the line and it was confirmed that they would take home the first medal for the U.S. in the event. 

The women’s team top performers was Logan Grosdidier in downhill and Kjersti Moritz in slalom. The duo claimed seventh place among the field of international competitors. 

The next event for junior worlds is the Team Parallel where the U.S. won bronze last year. 

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men's team combined