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Alex Vinatzer ruins everything, no medal for Italy in combined

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Italy off the podium in the men’s alpine ski team combined at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. After Giovanni Franzoni’s excellent first place in the downhill, Alex Vinatzer fails to confirm the result: the Italian’s slalom is to forget and the pair closes in seventh place with a delay of 1″22: no real mistakes but a run of 18th heat time that comments itself. It goes slightly better for Tommaso Sala, who defends the fifth place he got in the downhill from Dominik Paris and finishes 1″12 from the top.

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Karl won in Livigno his fourth career Olympic medal
The Austrian champion struck gold in the parallel giant slalom in Milano Cortina
After the victory, Karl cheered in a special way
The 40-year-old athlete imitated a famous exultation of Mario Balotelli
Karl stripped off and showed his muscles
Then he dove into the snow, heedless of the cold
Balotelli had cheered like this against Germany at Euro 2012
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Gold goes to Switzerland: Von Allmen, already winner of the downhill, completes the work thanks to the extraordinary slalom of Nef, author of the best run time. Silver ex aequo for Austria with Kriechmayr/Feller and for Switzerland with the Odermatt/Meillard pair.

These are all the times:

1 Von Allmen / Nef – Switzerland – 2:44.04
2 Kriechmayr / Feller – Austria – 2:45.03 (+0.99)
2 Odermatt / Meillard – Switzerland – 2:45.03 (+0.99)
4 Haaser / Matt – Austria – 2:45.06 (+1.02)
5 Paris / Sala – Italy – 2:45.16 (+1.12)
5 Allegre / Noel – France – 2:45.16 (+1.12)
7 Franzoni / Vinatzer – Italy – 2:45.26 (+1.22)
8 Babinsky / Gstrein – Austria – 2:45.45 (+1.41)
9 Lehto / Hallberg – Finland – 2:45.65 (+1.61)
10 Jocher / Strasser – Germany – 2:45.73 (+1.69)
11 Hemetsberger / Schwarz – Austria – 2:45.90 (+1.86)
12 Sejersted / McGrath – Norway – 2:45.92 (+1.88)
13 Monney / Yule – Switzerland – 2:45.99 (+1.95)
14 Casse / Saccardi – Italy – 2:46.17 (+2.13)
15 Muzaton / Rassat – France – 2:46.39 (+2.35)

Earlier in the day, the slopeStyle final again crowned Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud as Olympic champion: the Swiss freestyle skier scored 86″96, which allowed her to again finish ahead of China’s Ailing Gu (86.58), just as she did in Beijing 2022. Canada climbs the podium with Megan Oldham, third with a best score of 76.46 while Britain’s Kirsty Muir (76.05) remains outside the medal zone.

Among the Azzurre, tenth place for Maria Gasslitter, in the first Olympic final of her career: the 19-year-old Italian from Castelrotto was able to come up with two interesting runs, with 50.33 in the opening round followed by 52.45 in the second rotation, the fourth partial score of the round. An’important experience for the South Tyrolean, who during the season also achieved for the first time in her career access to the decisive act in the World Cup.

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