They held a new Olympic skiing event on an Olympic course with Olympic medals at stake in front of a loud, rowdy Olympic crowd Saturday. In all, 15 of the 23 athletes who won individual medals in the sport over the past two weeks skipped the Winter Games debut of the Alpine team event. The final Alpine gold at the Pyeongchang Olympics went to Switzerland, which beat Austria in the final; Norway defeated France for the bronze. The Swiss quartet included previous medalists Wendy Holdener and Ramon Zenhaeusern, along with Daniel Yule and Denise Feierabend. Austria was without Hirscher, the only Alpine double gold medalist in South Korea and a six-time overall World Cup champion.

Source: ABC News February 24, 2018 04:45 UTC