Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen produced a stunning run on Stelvio to win the Olympic Alpine skiing men's downhill on Saturday.
The 24-year olf reigning world champion hit speeds of 145km/h to clock a winning time of 1min 51.61sec down the testing Stelvio course, finishing ahead of the Italian pair of Giovanni Franzoni, who was 0.20sec behind, and Dominik Paris (0.50).
Pre-race favourite Marco Odermatt, Von Allmen's Swiss teammate, could only finish fourth.
"At the moment it feels like a movie," Von Allmen said.
"My secret is to enjoy skiing! I was really relaxed in the morning and tried to keep the good feelings from the training and have fun skiing."
Booed
Earlier on, during the opening ceremony on Friday, US Vice President JD Vance was booed by some spectators, but the US team got loud cheers.
The boos came when Vance and his wife Usha were shown on a large screen at the San Siro stadium, both applauding and waving flags as the US athletes filed past in the ceremonial parade.
Some of the loudest applause during the parade was for the Ukraine team.
Russian athletes taking part as neutrals because of Olympic sanctions following Russia's invasion of Ukraine were not included in the parade.
Hundreds protested in Milan earlier on Friday against Vance's visit and the presence of some agents from the US immigration enforcement agency ICE to help protect the American delegation.
Vance also on Friday met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a fellow conservative who is close to US President Donald Trump, and hailed "shared values" with Italy.
(With newswires)
