Swiss ski racer Franjo von Allmen wins super-G for 3rd Olympic gold at Milan Cortina Games

BORMIO, Italy (AP) — Franjo von Allmen of Switzerland joined elite ski-racing company by winning the men’s super-G on Wednesday for his third Olympic gold medal of the Milan Cortina Games.

Finding a fast line, von Allmen finished in a time of 1 minute, 25.32 seconds along the Stelvio course to beat American Ryan Cochran-Siegle by 0.13 seconds. Marco Odermatt of Switzerland captured bronze on a warm day.

The 24-year-old von Allmen became the third men's Alpine ski racer to win three events at one Winter Olympics. The other two are legends of the sport, Jean-Claude Killy of France, who won three at the 1968 Grenoble Games, and Austrian Anton “Toni” Sailer, a three-time winner at the 1956 Winter Games in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

Von Allmen won the downhill on Saturday and paired with Tanguy Nef to win the inaugural team combined event Monday.

After his smooth run, von Allmen made a motion with his gloves almost as if to indicate it might not be enough. He playfully stuck out his tongue, too. He was the seventh racer and plenty of big names were still to fly down the mountain.

It turned out to be enough as he made even more history — the first men's racer from ski-crazed Switzerland to win the Olympic super-G.

“I have to be very honest, as a boy that was not necessarily my dream to become a winner at the Olympics,” von Allmen recently said. “I was a skier because I really enjoyed it.”

It's another Olympic medal for Cochran-Siegle, who also earned silver in the super-G at the 2022 Beijing Games. It's also another medal for his family as his mom, Barbara, captured gold in the slalom at the 1972 Sapporo Games. He comes from a long line of skiers.

Odermatt, a four-time overall World Cup champion, added bronze to his silver in the team event. He was fourth in the downhill over the weekend.

After finishing as the 10th racer on the course, Odermatt bent down and began shaking his head.

His place on the medal stand held up. The Italian duo of Giovanni Franzoni and Dominik Paris — the silver and bronze downhill medalists — couldn't knock Odermatt off the podium. Franzoni took sixth while Paris was a “did not finish” after equipment issues. He was in the middle of a fast run when his right ski popped off its binding. He fell to the snow and slid to a stop before hiking back up to retrieve his ski.

Odermatt is the reigning Olympic champion in the next event on the men's program, the giant slalom.

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Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen at the finish area, during a men's super-G race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Bormio, Italy, Wednesday, Feb.11, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

United States' Ryan Cochran Siegle celebrates at the finish area of an alpine ski, men's super-G race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Bormio, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

United States' Ryan Cochran Siegle celebrates at the finish area of an alpine ski, men's super-G race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Bormio, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen sticks his tongue out at the finish area, during a men's super-G race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Bormio, Italy, Wednesday, Feb.11, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen celebrates at the finish area of an alpine ski, men's super-G race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Bormio, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Captain Mitch Marsh became the latest to be added to Australia's injury list just ahead of their first game of the Twenty20 World Cup game against Ireland on Wednesday.

Marsh was ruled out of the game as a result of being hit in the groin in practice earlier in the week and Cricket Australia issued a statement just before the game saying scans showed internal testicular bleeding. Travis Head leads Australia in the match.

He joins fast bowlers Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood who had been already ruled out of the tournament, and batter Tim David was rested to fully recover from an injury in hope of being called up later in the competition.

Hazlewood, who suffered a hamstring injury during a domestic match, was expected to be fit in time to take part in the Super Eights stage but selectors withdrew him saying that he will need more recovery time and it will be risky to accelerate his rehabilitation program.

No replacement has been named for Hazlewood but fast bowler Sean Abbott is a replacement option, according to the International Cricket Council.

Steve Smith, who played his last Twenty20 international two years ago, has been called up to travel to Sri Lanka to acclimatize and be prepared to step into the side if required, the ICC said.

Australia is the latest starter in the World Cup playing their first game Wednesday in Group B. The 2022 champion play their first match on the fifth day as the 14th match of the 20-nation tournament.

“I mean probably some of the teams we haven’t played much against but we’ve had a great … we’ve sort of been focusing on our own preparation it’s been nice to have a longer lead in,” Marsh told reporters on eve of the match.

“Certain guys were not in Pakistan and getting the group together for a week. So yeah, now it’s here, we’re on the eve of the World Cup for us and we’re looking forward to it.”

Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka are placed first and second respectively in Group B while Ireland and Oman are third and fourth having lost the only games they have played.

Australia's preparations for the tournament have also not been ideal losing 3-0 to Pakistan in a Twenty20 series.

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FILE - Australia's Mitch Marsh bats during the one day international cricket match between Australia and India in Adelaide, Australia, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/James Elsby, File)