Ski World Cup: Franjo von Allmen crowns a downhill king in Saalbach!

In the gripping competition of the world ski championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, the young Swiss Franjo of Allmen crowned the king of departure. The 23-year-old prevailed against strong competition and sensationally secured the gold medal. The Austrian Vincent Kriechmayr landed on the silver square, while the Swiss Alexis Monney fetched the bronze medal. Marco Odermatt, the three -time overall World Cup winner and defending champion, remained behind his expectations with a disappointing fifth place (+0.66 seconds) after losing time in a critical section of the route, OE24.at

On Saturday, February 9, 2025, over 22,500 spectators pulled an impressive framework for the race on the Zwölferkogel. The Austrian fans had reason to be happy because, after a recent knee injury, Kriechmayr showed a remarkable performance. Marco Odermatt, who went into the race two days earlier after his success in the Super-G two days earlier, was disappointed after the competition, but stated: "The main thing is that it is not an Austrian" when he congratulated his teammate of Allmen on gold, like nordschleswiger.dk reported.

team spirit of the Swiss

The descent impressively showed the dominance of the Swiss team, which has already won all men's descents this season, apart from an exception in Kitzbühel. Odermatt underlined the team spirit in the Swiss ski team: "We are a great team, we push each other, help each other and benefit from each other." While the German team competition experienced a disappointment - with Romed Baumann and Simon Jocher, who ended up in places 20 and 30 - the performance of Emma Aicher was a ray of hope. She took sixth place in the departure and could provide German hopes together with Lena Dürr in the upcoming team combination.