Switzerland takes first gold - but still a surprise

Franjo von Allmen (c) GEPA

Switzerland, and everyone else, was expecting this county to take gold in the downhill skiing on Saturday – and it did.

But not by the skier we were expecting. The pre-race favourite, Marco Odermatt fell out of the medals, only coming fourth.

It was his teammate, Franjo von Allmen, who took the main prize in a time of 51.6 seconds – an average speed of 145 kph.
 

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