Alpine Skiing - Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics - Team Event - Yongpyong Alpine Centre - Pyeongchang, South Korea - February 24, 2018 - Gold medallist Switzerland's team, silver medallist Austria's team and bronze medallist Norway's team celebrate on the podium. REUTERS/Mike Segar
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) - Alpine skiing's first ever Olympic team event threw up enough surprises and excitement on Saturday to suggest that the parallel slalom format will be back at future Games, even if some of the world's best skiers decided to give it a miss.
Alpine powers Switzerland, Austria and Norway won gold, silver and bronze respectively in a quickfire 16-nation knockout competition consisting of a series of head-to-head races with two men and two women on each team - a contrast with the usual spectacle of skiers racing down the course one by one.
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