Madi Hoffman has achieved Australia's best Olympic result in the women's slalom since Zali Steggall won bronze way back in 1998, with team chef de mission Alisa Camplin hailing the results across the board.
The US-based Sydney skier finished 23rd from a field of 95, with American great Mikaela Shiffrin winning her second gold in the event, 12 years after her first.
Hoffman locked in a sought-after top 30 spot with an impressive first run to sit 26th.
Rather than protecting that, she threw everything at run two and moved up three positions overall.
"I went for it," said Hoffman, whose Olympic debut was delayed by four years when she ruptured her ACL on the eve of the 2022 Beijing Games.
"You can just ski conservative or you can go.
"And I chose to go - that's who I am."
Fellow Australian Phoebe Heaydon recorded a first-run DNF in the slalom, however the 20-year-old still walked away with an impressive Olympic debut after finishing 34th in the giant slalom.
The alpine skiing results came after cross-country duo Lars Young Vik and Hugo Hinckfuss became the first Australians ever to qualify for the final in the men's team sprint, finishing 14th overall on Wednesday.
Young Vik was born in Olso to a Norwegian father and Australian mother and is the nephew of legendary Norwegian skier Bjarte Engen Vik.
The 25-year-old was particularly impressive around the Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium in Val di Femme.
Camplin lauded the many Australian athletes who had delivered personal best performances at the Milan-Cortina Games.
"Proud would be an understatement," said Camplin, after Danielle Scott secured the country's record-extending sixth medal with silver in the aerials.
"We've just had so many athletes, experienced and debutantes, who have performed at their ultimate potential.
"That's what they can hold for the rest of their life, put your head on your pillow knowing there's nothing more you could have done."
Camplin said while not every athlete could be amongst the medals or reach the finals, there was still value in them being funded and being a part of the Olympics experience.
"It's difficult when you've got limited resources to make priority decisions around where money goes but I also truly believe that you have to see it to believe it," the 2002 Olympic aerials champion said.
"I saw Kirsty Marshall qualify first in Lillehammer and that planted the seed for me to dream that in the sport of aerials skiing there would be coaching and funding that could help someone become the best in the world.
"The truly admirable performances we're seeing in every sport represented here ... that shows the next young kid who could be a future sporting superstar that this is a valuable sport and something to respect."
