For the first time in nearly three years, Kikkan Randall found herself back on the podium at a World Cup event.
The Anchorage nordic skier and four-time Olympian finished third in the 1.5K freestyle sprint Saturday in a World Cup event in Davos, Switzerland, for her first major podium finish this season and second since the birth of her son, Breck, in April 2016.
In February, Randall captured bronze in the women's freestyle sprint at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, Finland — the first major step in her comeback.
[Randall's a mom with a medal after earning bronze at World Championships]
Sweden's Stina Nilsson of Sweden edged Norway's Maiken Caspersen Falla by 0.08 second for gold Saturday. Randall finished 2.53 seconds behind Nilsson and nearly two seconds ahead of teammate Jessie Diggins in fourth.
Ida Sargent (sixth) rounded out the field for the Americans, whose three skiers made up half of the final heat.
"The first couple weekends of the World Cup have been a mixed bag for me," Randall told the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association. "I felt like my shape was there but I wasn't able to put it together in classic.
"It's really nice to know I'm in position where my fitness is good and I'm just sharpening that race gear."
Randall's bronze medal is her first on the World Cup circuit since skiing to a sprint bronze in March 2015 in Lahti.