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Alice Robinson created history overnight in becoming the first Kiwi to win a medal at the Alpine Skiiing World Championships.
The 23-year-old claimed silver in the giant slalom.
"It was such a cool day, so exciting, it was really challenging conditions," she told 1News from Austria.
"I feel like I've been skiing well all year, really consistent and I'm just really grateful I could execute on the day, its super nice to have a medal."
The Queenstown skier had gold in her grasp - she finished her final run in top spot until the very last competitor, Italy's Federica Brignone, eclipsed Robinson's time by less than a second.
Robinson has secured New Zealand’s first alpine world championships medal with her silver in Austria. (Source: Breakfast)
"When I was skiing the run I didn't think it was that good, I thought this is wild, I wasn't sure if it was fast. I was second after the first run and saw I was 1.7 seconds ahead of third place and I was like, okay this must be pretty good."
"Normally in ski racing if you come down with that sort of advantage, you're in a pretty good spot to win the race," Robinson said.
Her silver medal capped off a stellar start to the year, having won her first World Cup event in four years last month.
And even in less-than-ideal conditions this morning, Robinson proved she can adapt.
"Honestly I wasn't nervous, today felt super calm and knew what I wanted to do. One thing I was nervous about was the conditions because it was very warm here overnight, so the snow was interesting, it was a bit on the softer side which isn't always my favourite.
Queenstown's Alice Robinson has secured New Zealand's first alpine ski world championships medal, winning silver in the giant slalom in Austria.
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"It's great to carry the form from the World Cup into the world championships," she added.
Paula Moltzan of the United States was third.
