Cochran-Siegle sets fastest training run in men's alpine downhill

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FIRST OFFICIAL TRAINING RUN OF THE MEN'S ALPINE DOWNHILL AT THE 2026 WINTER OLYMPICS RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: BORMIO, ITALY (FEBRUARY 4, 2026) (IOC – See restrictions before use) 1. DRONE SHOT SHOWING MEN'S ALPINE DOWNHILL COURSE AT STELVIO SKI CENTRE 2. VARIOUS OF SWITZERLAND'S MARCO ODERMATT (NUMBER 9) DOING HIS TRAINING RUN 3. VARIOUS OF ITALY'S GIOVANNI FRANZONI (NUMBER 15) DOING HIS TRAINING RUN 4. VARIOUS OF USA'S RYAN COCHRAN-SIEGLE (NUMBER 13) DOING HIS TRAINING RUN 5. GRAPHIC SHOWING TOP NINE RESULTS IN THE MEN'S DOWNHILL FIRST OFFICIAL TRAINING HOUSE STORY: U.S. skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle set the fastest time in the first training run for the men's downhill at the Winter Olympics on Wednesday (February 4).     The 33-year-old topped the charts as he clocked 1:56.08 down Bormio's famous slope although the gold-medal favourites were clearly playing it safe in flat light.     Cochran-Siegle, a silver medallist in super-G in Beijing four years ago, said it was a day for "finding the flow" down the slope on the first of three training runs before the race proper on Saturday (February 7).     Swiss favourite Marco Odermatt, winner of three of the six World Cup downhills this season, was third-fastest, 0.40 seconds back, with Italy's Giovanni Franzoni second, 0.16 behind.     Many skiers were clearly not at full throttle as they crossed the finish line after getting their first look at the fast and bumpy 3.4km descent, including Stelvio specialist Dominik Paris who was fifth fastest down the slope on which the Italian veteran has a record six World Cup downhill victories.     The first Alpine ski action of the Games took place the day after American great Lindsey Vonn announced that she was planning to race in the women's downhill in Cortina with a ruptured ACL sustained in a crash in Crans-Montana. (Production: Tim Hart)

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