US EditionFranzoni puts Italy on top in men's combined after downhill, Swiss ...
- On Monday, newly-crowned Olympic downhill champion Franjo von Allmen and Swiss slalom specialist Tanguy Nef won the team combined in Bormio with an aggregate time of 2min 44.04sec.
- With a fastest downhill, Giovanni Franzoni posted the fastest time in the opening leg, giving Italy a brief lead before Alex Vinatzer faltered in slalom, finishing seventh.
- Late in the order, Nef's 51.82sec slalom time handed Switzerland a psychological edge, with a Swiss pairing and an Austrian duo tied for silver, both 0.99sec behind.
- The team combined event is making its Olympic debut at the Milan-Cortina Games, with Switzerland, Italy and Austria each entering four teams among nine countries represented on Monday.
- Switzerland's depth is notable after sweeping gold, silver and bronze at the world championships last February, while the women's event on Tuesday features Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson.
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Fresh off claiming a record ninth slalom crystal globe, a grateful Mikaela Shiffrin embraces pressure ahead of fourth Olympics
Each of Mikaela Shiffrin’s four Olympics have been “wildly different experiences,” but the luster of the Games has never worn off. “With those experiences, being able to show up to Cortina and still be wide-eyed and I think just as excited and motivated as the first is really great,” the two time gold medalist said during a press conference on Saturday in Italy. In a sport where much of the general public tunes in every four years to assign lega…
The United States will be led by the duo of Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson in the alpine skiing team event. The duo won the world championships last year, and the combination of downhill and slalom is a new event on the Winter Olympics program.
Florian Schieder finished 17th in the downhill, and in the team combined he was eliminated along with Tobias Kastlunger, ending his Olympic career.
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