He crossed the finish line in 1:25.32 minutes, which is 13 hundredths better than the silver-winning American Ryan Cochran-Siegle and 28 hundredths better than compatriot Marco Odermatt, the best skier in the world. The Frenchman Neil Allegre remained three hundredths short of the bronze.
Von Allmen became the first skier in history after Janica Kostelić (2002) to win three gold medals at the same Winter Olympic Games. And the fourth overall in history – before Janica and Franja, Austrian Toni Sailer (1956) and French Jean-Claude Killy (1968) achieved the same feat.
At that time, admittedly, there were only three disciplines on the program (downhill, giant slalom, slalom).
1. Franjo von Allmen (Swiss) 1:25.32
2 Ryan Cochran-Siegle (USA) 1:25.45 +0.13
3. Marco Odermatt (Switzerland) 1:25.60 +0.28
(Vijesti.ba)
