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Skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle gets food poisoning, wins Olympic medal days later
Ryan Cochran-Siegle overcame food poisoning to win silver in the men's Super-G, finishing just 0.13 seconds behind the gold medalist, marking his second straight Olympic silver.
- Updated Feb 12, 2026: Ryan Cochran-Siegle, Team USA skier, won silver in the men's Super G, just.13 seconds behind Franjo von Allmen, after recovering from food poisoning.
- After a bad bout of food poisoning a few days earlier, Ryan Cochran-Siegle said he was `fighting some demons with his toilet` before the Saturday downhill, finishing 18th.
- Starting early in the field, Ryan Cochran-Siegle, third of 42 skiers, posted 1:25.45, just.13 seconds behind Franjo von Allmen, Swiss alpine skier.
- Linking generations, the result matched Ryan Cochran-Siegle's silver arriving on the 54th anniversary of his mother's Olympic gold medal race.
- Family members in Vermont then traveled to watch, and observers said pre-race nerves gave way to pride when Ryan Cochran-Siegle secured the silver.
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Starksboro skier gets a spot on the Olympic podium
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Three was lucky for Ryan Cochran-Siegle on Wednesday. The Starksboro native was only the third competitor in the Super-G ski race at the Olympic, which meant the course in the Italian Alps was less chewed up than it would be after more racers and cut their trails in it. But it also meant he’d have to wait to see how the best skiers in the world performed before he’d know his finishing place. “I still had to wait for th…
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