Swiss young gun Franjo von Allmen produced a stunning descent of the fearsome Stelvio slope to win the Olympic Alpine skiing men's downhill on Saturday as illustrious teammate and race favourite Marco Odermatt missed the podium.

A perfect recipe of circumstances makes downhill skiing doable — though still quite remarkable — for Vonn, even with a torn ACL.

The emotion of her final Olympic run while also dealing with a torn ACL is starting to hit Lindsey Vonn, who shared a message on social media as she prepares for the women's downhill event on Sunday.

Over his career, Paris has won 24 World Cup races and a world championship in the super-G in 2019. But an Olympic medal has eluded him. His best finish in his nine previous races was fourth in the downhill at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn has declared herself a winner come what may in the last Olympic downhill of her stellar career. The 41-year-old U.S. great will try and beat the odds of age and injury on her favourite Olimpia della Tofane piste on Sunday, hoping to become the oldest Alpine skiing medallist in Games history.

The 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy are officially underway as competition picks up speed on Day 1 today. After yesterday’s opening ceremony, there is a full schedule of events today, with gold medals on the line in the women’s downhill skiing,