Swiss skier Von Allmen makes history by winning third Olympic gold

Franjo von Allmen became only the third male skier in history to win three gold medals at a single Winter Games when he claimed victory in Wednesday's super-G in Bormio.

Von Allmen booked himself a place in the pantheon of Olympic alpine skiing greats, with Austrian Toni Sailer and France's Jean-Claude Killy the only other racers to have won a hat-trick of golds.

Sailer won the downhill, giant slalom and slalom races at the 1956 Cortina Olympics, a feat mirrored by Killy at the 1968 Grenoble Games. Only Croatia's Janica Kostelic has achieved the feat in women's skiing, at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games.

Switzerland's Von Allmen, who won the downhill on Saturday, partnered Tanguy Nef to victory in Monday's team combined.

Wearing bib number seven for the super-G, the 24-year-old hit speeds of 120km/h (75mph) to dominate the race down the Stelvio course, clocking a winning time of 1min 25.32sec.

American Ryan Cochran-Siegle followed up on his silver medal from Beijing Games four years ago with another second spot, 0.13sec off Von Allmen's pace.

Defending world champion Marco Odermatt rounded out the podium (+0.28).

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But Swiss racer Odermatt, a four-time World Cup overall winner who is the runaway leader this season, was left crestfallen as a quick glance at the big screen saw him realise he'd missed out on another gold.

Von Allmen, however, was a picture of celebration after his storming run, the large number of baying Swiss fans in the packed tribune wildly applauding their hero,