Von Allmen wins first gold of the Games in downhill
Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen produced a stunning run on Stelvio to win the Olympic Alpine skiing men’s downhill on Saturday.
The 24-year-old von Allmen barely put a ski off line as he blazed down the sunlit track to win with a time of 1:51.61.
Italian Giovanni Franzoni took silver, 0.20 behind, with team mate Dominik Paris 0.50 seconds back for bronze.
Swiss race favourite Marco Odermatt missed the podium.