The Swiss Franjo von Allmen was proclaimed Olympic champion in supergiant alpine skiing at the Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo (Italy) on Wednesday by winning the event in that discipline held in Bormio, where he captured his third gold, in his third race, so far in the winter event.
Von Allmen, 24, who on Saturday was proclaimed Olympic downhill champion and on Monday had captured his second gold, in the combined, was crowned with a third triumph in the winter king sport; by covering the 2,414 meters of the Stelvio track – starting at 1.949 meters of altitude and a difference in altitude of 714 meters- in one minute, 25 seconds and 32 hundredths; thirteen less than the American Ryan Cochran-Siegle, who repeated the Olympic silver he had won in this discipline four years ago in the Beijing Games.
Von Allmen inherits Olympic supergiant throne
He captured his third gold in his third race
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Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt, who has dominated alpine skiing over the past few years and is clearly on course for his fifth World Cup, had to settle for bronze.
This after finishing third, 28 hundredths of a second behind his compatriot.
Von Allmen succeeds the Austrian Matthias Mayer in the history of the event.
He had revalidated the title won at the Beijing Games in PyeongChang’18 (South Korea).
“I’m in a dream I don’t want to wake up from.”
“I can’t think of anything, really, I don’t know what to say. This is like a dream I don’t want to wake up from,” explained Von Allmen, 24.
“In the finish area I was convinced that my time was not even good enough for the podium. I wasn’t even sure it would be good enough for the gold.
He dominated a race in which he covered the 2,414 meters of the Stelvio course – starting at an altitude of 1,949 meters and a 714-meter elevation gain – in one minute, 25 seconds and 32 hundredths of a second.
Thirteen less than the American Ryan Cochran-Siegle, who repeated the Olympic silver he won in this discipline four years ago at the Beijing Games.
“In a way, I was lucky; I think starting with a low bib (number 7) might have helped me,” Van Allmen said.
With his successes he is stealing the spotlight from the great captain of the outstanding Swiss team, Marco Odermatt.
With information from EFE
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