By Associated Press
Franjo von Allmen won gold in the men’s downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships on Sunday as the Swiss team swept the speed events.
Von Allmen beat silver medalist Vincent Kriechmayr by 0.24 seconds. The Austrian won the world title in both downhill and super-G four years ago.
His Swiss teammate Alexis Monney was 0.31 behind in third to take the bronze.
Defending champion Marco Odermatt was fifth, two days after the Swiss star won gold in the super-G. Von Allmen finished 12th in that race.
“It’s hard to realize what happened,” von Allmen told Austrian TV. “After the super-G, I really thought ‘now I should attack, I have nothing to lose.’ I went full risk and it was on the limit but it worked.”
Switzerland has dominated the downhill on the World Cup circuit this season, with four wins and five second places from five events.
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