The Americans pulled off a fantastic victory in a brilliant event on the Roc de Fer piste, beating defending champions Norway in the final.
Canada‘s team, including brothers Jeffrey and Erik Read completed the first shock of the day defeating the Swiss in the quarter-finals.
Despite the race finishing 2-2 it was Erik Read’s time of 22.12 which saw the North Americans progress.
In the rest of the quarter final races USA knocked out Italy and Austria swept their Rivals Germany out of the way.
The first round of the semi-finals saw North American counterparts Canada and USA go head-to-head.
Paula Moltzan got the first blow for the USA, beating Valerie Grenier by five hundredths of a second - a lead which Tommy Ford would double beating Jeffrey Read by just one hundredth.
Fine margins between the two teams put all the pressure on 19-year-old Britt Richardson, but Nina O’Brien was too hot to handle for the young star – taking the USA 3-0 up and giving them a place in the final.
Defending World Champions Norway faced the Olympic champions, Austria in their semi-final.
The Austrians were playing mind-games with the Norwegians making the most of the minute countdown to leave Thea Stjernesund left stood in the gate.
But the Norwegian was left unfazed, taking 0.35 out of Julia Schieb.
Timon Haugan mate it 2-0 on the Van Deer skis, beating Dominik Raschner by 0.04 seconds.
Austria pulled one back as Maria Tviberg crashed out and picked up an injury, Franziska Gritch of Austria had to avoid the 28-year-old coming across her path.
Alexander Steen Olsen wrapped up the place in the final for Norway beating Stefan Brennsteiner, and the Vikings went through winning 3-1.
Canada therefore raced the Austrian team in the small-final, and got off to a flying start as Grenier comfortably beat Schieb.
Austria pulled two back through Raschner and Gritsch.
So it was all down to Erik Read, not only did he have to win but set the fastest time between the two sides – he did just that, beating Brennsteiner in the head-to-head and beating Raschner’s time of 22.50 by 0.11 seconds.
Canada had pulled off two brilliant shock victories to take a fantastic bronze position, and leaving the Olympic Champions out of the medal positions.
The final between USA and Norway went down to the wire, O’Brien got the better of substitute Kristin Lysdahl, replacing the injured Tviberg.
Steen Olsen beat River Radamus by four hundredths making the score 1-1.
Perfectly in sync throughout the entire course, Moltzan and Stjernesund both matched the same time of 22.74, the fastest time of any female racers set throughout the day.
The draw meant both sides earned a point, heading into the final at 2-2.
Timon Haugan looked to get the Norwegians a jump out of the gate on Tommy Ford but went marginally too early.
It was a costly error that saw the man on the blue course almost somersault out of the gate, and Ford skied off into the distance.
Which means USA are now placed third in the medal rankings for the tournament at this point, after Mikaela Shiffrin’s silver in the Super G.
Words Jack Feneley
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