PUBLISHED : 9 Feb 2025 at 20: 45
Franjo von Allmen clinches men’s downhill gold
SAALBACH (AUSTRIA) – Swiss tyro Franjo Von Allmen outpaced a host of more experienced rivals to clinch gold in the men’s downhill at the World Ski Championships in Saalbach on Sunday.
Von Allmen, 23, timed 1min 40.68sec down the 2.9km-long Schneekristall course as teammate and defending champion Marco Odermatt, winner of Friday’s super-G, finished fifth.
Austria’s Vincent Kriechmayr, the 2021 world champion, claimed silver at 0.24sec, with another Swiss racer, Alexis Monney, rounding out the podium a further seven-hundredths adrift.
“I wasn’t feeling nervous at the start, put all the risk in, run on the limit — it turned out really well,” said Von Allmen.
“I tried to handle the pressure, there was nothing to lose, just do my best performance.”
Turning to the Swiss team, Von Allmen added: “One day it’s Marco the leader, one day me or Monney, we all pushed each other.”
Von Allmen, who says he lives to the motto of “Rock’n’roll and enjoy!” and is widely described by his teammates as “c
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