SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — Franjo von Allmen became a double world champion and Loic Meillard claimed his fourth career world championship medal when the Swiss pair won gold in the new team combined event on Wednesday.
SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — Franjo von Allmen became a double world champion and Loic Meillard claimed his fourth career world championship medal when the Swiss pair won gold in the new team combined event on Wednesday.
It's the third gold medal for the Swiss team at these worlds after Marco Odermatt won the super-G and Von Allmen the downhill. Switzerland won silver in the mixed-team parallel event last week.“I am still satisfied with any top-10 result, that is still good for me in my second World Cup season," he said."What is happening here, I can't put it into words.”
It is the first Swiss sweep of a men's podium at the worlds since Peter Mueller, Pirmin Zurbriggen and Karl Alpiger won gold, silver and bronze in downhill at their home 1987 worlds in Crans Montana. After early rain, the downhill portion was delayed for about 15 minutes twice as low clouds moved over the upper part of the course and reduced visibility for the racers.Von Allmen struggled early in his run when he came off the race line and skied into the soft snow outside the blue lines. He just managed to make the next gate and then made up almost all of the time he lost there.
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