Mid-Olympics Check-In: Alpine Skiing by the Numbers
Seven of ten alpine events are done. Here's the data dump.
We're on Day 11 of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. Nine of ten alpine skiing events are in the books. Just the women's slalom left.
Time for a data dump.
The Scoreboard So Far
| Date | Event | Venue | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7 | Men's Downhill | Bormio | Franjo von Allmen 🇨🇭 | Giovanni Franzoni 🇮🇹 | Dominik Paris 🇮🇹 |
| Feb 8 | Women's Downhill | Cortina | Breezy Johnson 🇺🇸 | Emma Aicher 🇩🇪 | Sofia Goggia 🇮🇹 |
| Feb 9 | Men's Combined | Bormio | von Allmen / Nef 🇨🇭 | Kriechmayr / Feller 🇦🇹 | Odermatt / Meillard 🇨🇭 |
| Feb 10 | Women's Combined | Cortina | Rädler / Huber 🇦🇹 | Weidle / Aicher 🇩🇪 | Wiles / Moltzan 🇺🇸 |
| Feb 11 | Men's Super-G | Bormio | Franjo von Allmen 🇨🇭 | Ryan Cochran-Siegle 🇺🇸 | Marco Odermatt 🇨🇭 |
| Feb 12 | Women's Super-G | Cortina | Federica Brignone 🇮🇹 | Romane Miradoli 🇫🇷 | Cornelia Hütter 🇦🇹 |
| Feb 14 | Men's GS | Bormio | Lucas Pinheiro Braathen 🇧🇷 | Marco Odermatt 🇨🇭 | Loïc Meillard 🇨🇭 |
| Feb 15 | Women's GS | Cortina | Federica Brignone 🇮🇹 | Sara Hector 🇸🇪 / Thea L. Stjernesund 🇳🇴 | — |
| Feb 16 | Men's Slalom | Bormio | Loïc Meillard 🇨🇭 | Fabio Gstrein 🇦🇹 | Henrik Kristoffersen 🇳🇴 |
The Storylines
Franjo von Allmen Is Having the Olympics of His Life
3 Golds
Von Allmen's medal haul -- Downhill, Super-G, Team Combined
Three golds. The 25-year-old Swiss skier came in as a solid contender and turned into the dominant speed skier of these Games. His downhill winning time of 1:51.61 on the Stelvio -- average speed 111 km/h -- wasn't just fast. It was controlled. The kind of run where you watch the replay and think "oh, he knew he won halfway down."
For context: winning both the Olympic downhill AND super-G is rare. Only five men have done it in history. Von Allmen did it and threw in a team combined gold for good measure.
Historic Company
Only five men have won both Olympic downhill and super-G: Kjetil André Aamodt, Aksel Lund Svindal, and now Franjo von Allmen. He's 25.
Italy Is Having a Moment
Home country advantage? Maybe. But the numbers don't lie.
- Giovanni Franzoni: silver in men's downhill. 26 years old, first Olympic medal.
- Dominik Paris: bronze in men's downhill. The veteran at 36, racing on a course he knows better than his own kitchen. Bormio is his house.
- Sofia Goggia: bronze in women's downhill at Cortina. Her mountain. Her crowd. After knee injuries that would've retired most athletes, she's on the podium again.
- Federica Brignone: TWO golds -- women's super-G and giant slalom. At 35. In front of a home crowd at Cortina. Storybook stuff that just keeps getting better.
The tifosi are losing their minds. Honestly? We get it.
Breezy Johnson's Comeback Gold
The Comeback
Missed the 2022 Olympics entirely with a torn ACL. Struggled through 2023. Then dropped a 1:36.10 on the Olimpia delle Tofane for gold.
The American women's downhill gold was the upset of the first week. Johnson's time had the finish area going quiet, then very loud. The US also picked up bronzes in men's super-G (Cochran-Siegle) and women's team combined (Wiles/Moltzan). Solid showing.
Brazil Won an Olympic Alpine Skiing Gold. BRAZIL.
🇧🇷 Gold
Lucas Pinheiro Braathen -- Men's Giant Slalom
This is the wildest result of these Games. Yes, he grew up in Norway. Yes, he competed for Norway until 2023 when he switched to represent his mother's homeland. But still -- Brazil. Alpine skiing. Olympic gold.
He beat Marco Odermatt, who has been the best GS skier on the planet for three seasons. Odermatt had to settle for silver. Two Swiss on the podium and neither has the gold. Gut punch.
Prediction Markets vs Reality
Here's where it gets interesting for data nerds. Polymarket and other prediction markets had Norway as the heavy favorite to lead the overall gold medal count at these Games. And for the full Olympics across all sports, that might still hold -- Norway dominates cross-country, biathlon, and Nordic combined.
But in alpine? Switzerland is running the table. The prediction markets didn't see von Allmen's triple-gold coming. Nobody did.
Market vs Mountain
Prediction markets are great at aggregating information across many events. They're terrible at predicting individual upsets. Alpine skiing -- where hundredths of seconds and ice conditions matter -- is basically upset factory.
The broader question: does Norway's overall dominance in snow sports translate to the most golds? Cross-country skiing alone awards 12 gold medals. Alpine awards 10. If Norway sweeps the Nordic events like usual, the prediction markets are right regardless of what happens on the alpine courses.
But it's fun to watch the odds shift in real time. SnowRadar will keep an eye on it.
The Venues by the Numbers
Two courses. Dramatically different character.
Stelvio, Bormio (Men's Events)
Pure speed. Long gliding sections. The kind of course where aerodynamic tuck matters as much as edge grip.
Olimpia delle Tofane, Cortina (Women's Events)
Compressions, direction changes, visibility challenges in the lower section. Not a pure bomber course. The split-venue approach is new for 2026 -- men and women at completely different mountains, 90 minutes apart.
Alpine Medal Count
Switzerland is running away with it. Nine medals in nine events. Von Allmen has three golds, Meillard added a fourth with men's slalom. Odermatt has a silver and a bronze -- which sounds disappointing until you remember he's medaled in every individual event he's entered.
What's Left
Remaining Event
Feb 18 -- Women's Slalom (Cortina). The finale. Shiffrin's last shot at an individual medal after a tough Games. Can she deliver when it matters most?
One event left. Three more medals to hand out. Switzerland has already locked up the alpine count. The only question is how Shiffrin's story ends -- 11th in GS was rough, but slalom is her discipline. The GOAT conversation needs a Milano-Cortina chapter.
We'll be watching. Obviously.
SnowRadar is covering the 2026 Winter Olympics alpine skiing events. Final recap coming after the women's slalom on Feb 18.