The first gold medal of the 2026 Olympics belongs to Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen, who won the men's downhill skiing event on Saturday.

A perfect recipe of circumstances makes downhill skiing doable — though still quite remarkable — for Vonn, even with a torn ACL.

Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen produced a stunning run on Stelvio to win the Olympic Alpine skiing men's downhill on Saturday, according to provisional results.

An ACL tear would keep almost any other athlete from competing -- but not Lindsey Vonn, the 41-year-old superstar skier who is determined to cap off an incredible comeback from retirement with one last shot at an Olympic medal.

Lindsey Vonn's dream of Olympic medal glory is alive after the American ski star again defied a serious knee injury to complete her second training run for the Milan-Cortina women's downhill on Saturday.

By Alan Baldwin CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn has left no doubt about the state of her knee after a sports doctor questioned the extent of her injury ahead of Sunday's Olympic downhill.

Irish Alpine skier Cormac Comerford is set to compete at the Milan Cortina Olympics, in part, thanks to a crowd-funding campaign to cover safety expenses.