Alpine skiing-Switzerland's Von Allmen wins last race before Olympics

S witzerland's Franjo Von Allmen won the last Alpine skiing World ‌Cup race before the Milano Cortina Olympics with his second downhill victory of the season ⁠on home snow in Crans-Montana on Sunday.

S witzerland's Franjo Von Allmen won the last Alpine skiing World ‌Cup race before the Milano Cortina Olympics with his second downhill victory of the season ⁠on home snow in Crans-Montana on Sunday. The reigning downhill world champion and last year's winner on the Piste Nationale started 15th and ​beat Italy's early leader Dominik Paris by a hefty ‍0.65 of a second.

Ryan Cochran-Siegle of the United States finished third and back on the podium for the first time since December. Overall World Cup leader ⁠and ‌big Swiss medal ⁠hope Marco Odermatt was fourth.

The Swiss-Italian rivalry was highlighted by Switzerland having ‍five skiers finish in the top 10 and Italy four, with only ​Cochran-Siegle crashing the party. The showcase men's downhill in Bormio ⁠will provide the first medals of the Olympic Alpine competition next Saturday, a ⁠day after the opening ceremony. Training starts on Wednesday.

Von Allmen is second to Odermatt in the downhill standings, 115 points ⁠behind his compatriot after six of nine races. Odermatt has won three ⁠downhills so ‌far with Italian rising star Giovanni Franzoni, only 23rd on Sunday, triumphant in Kitzbuehel last month.

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