Alpine skiing-Switzerland's Von Allmen wins downhill gold
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 7 : Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen produced a stunning run on Stelvio to win the Olympic Alpine skiing men's downhill on Saturday, according to provisional results.
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Alpine skiing-‘We are big rivals’, says Odermatt ahead of Swiss showdown with von Allmen
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 6 : It was only last weekend that Marco Odermatt, the dominant force in men's Alpine ski racing across three disciplines, was upstaged in a downhill race by Swiss teammate Franjo von Allmen.
Alpine skiing-Easy does it - no risks taken in final men's downhill training
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 6 : Only half the scheduled 44 starters took part in the third and final training run for the Olympic men's downhill on Friday with the medal favourites taking no risks 24 hours before the showpiece race on the Stelvio.
Italian skiers lead men's downhill training at the Olympics as an Austrian crashes
Skiers from host Italy still trying to secure starting spots led the second downhill training session at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics on Thursday and Austria's Daniel Hemetsberger crashed.
Alpine skiing-Relaxed Odermatt keeps his powder dry in downhill training
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 5 : Swiss favourite Marco Odermatt was not hitting the panic button after setting only the 23rd-fastest time in the second training run for the Olympic men's downhill on Thursday.
Alpine skiing-Italian trio set pace in sun-kissed downhill training
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 5 : Italy's speed team laid down a marker on the second training day for the Olympic downhill as Mattia Casse, Florian Schieder and Giovanni Franzoni stepped on the gas to set the three quickest times on Thursday.
Alpine skiing-'No Olympic spirit' in Bormio, Odermatt says of spread out Games after training run
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 4 : The men's most elite alpine skiers have arrived in Italy, but the usual busy intensity is missing this year at a geographically spread-out Olympics, many athletes say.
Cochran-Siegle fastest in Olympics downhill training, Norwegian skier airlifted to hospital
American skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle was fastest in the opening downhill training session of the Milano-Cortina Games on Wednesday but another racer had to be airlifted off the fearsome Stelvio slope.