Von-Allmen continues his unbelievable Games by including Super G gold to his assortment

Maintaining the place

Two Games, two silver medals. Ryan Cochran-Siegle refuses to be displaced from the Super G podium, as he replicated his Beijing 2022 consequence this time round.

“I was really happy with my ski today” the now two-time Olympic medallist stated. “I felt like I went out there, skied with a lot of heart and just the focus that I’ve been doing consistently from top to bottom. It’s a great place to do it, I feel like I really embraced the slope and the way the snow was and the course set. But the meaning? It hasn’t set in. I did not expect this.”

Taking to the slopes from bib three, it was an extended wait to see the remainder of the racers attempt to displace him. Only one might. “Watching Franjo’s run, I thought maybe if I beat him I could be on the podium but he came down winning. So, I thought, ‘No gold for me, but that’s OK’. And then it held surprisingly, somehow.” 

It wasn’t the perfect preparation for the American both, having struggled with sickness over these previous few days. But in a approach, that helped him take away the strain from himself forward of competitors.

“I spent a lot of time in bed the last few days. Yesterday I got a little frustrated, I didn’t feel I was where I wanted to be and just tried to do what I could do to give myself the opportunity today. I went through warm ups, kind of felt more like myself today and it just made me think about the skiing itself. And it took the pressure off me as well.”