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 – with a top speed of 145 kph.
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