Swiss delight as von Allmen and Nef win Team Combined Olympic title

Franjo von Allmen and Tanguy Nef (SUI) proved the perfect partnership as they secured the first ever Men's Team Combined title at the Olympic Games.

Victory meant von Allmen not only added a second gold of his Games, but he also turned a World Team Combined title to Olympic, while Nef upgraded from his 2025 silver.

There was a joint silver too, as Manuel Feller and Vincent Kriechmayr (AUT) shared the step with Marco Odermatt and Loic Meillard (SUI).

The Golden Duo

"Amazing. How can you imagine your Olympics better than two gold medals?"

von Allmen puts it as clear as possible. In three days, he's a two-time Olympic champion. But this one feels different to the first, having had to wait for Nef to cross the line to see their hopes come to life. "But I would definitely see the second medal is not only my performance but a lot of him too. Thank you for that."

With the slalom second, it fell on Nef to be able to build on von Allmen's strong run, and he backed himself every second. "It took a lot of courage. The Olympics is everything or nothing. I was chasing in fourth position after Franjo's run, chasing for the top spot. I laid it all in and it happened quickly, I felt it really good on the flat. Everything I worked for lined up, and here at the Olympics it's even more special."

Part One: The Downhill

It all began with the downhill, as the first 21 racers set out in search of solidifying a chance at the podium ahead of the afternoon’s slalom. Marco Odermatt was one of those. After missing out on a podium in the downhill on Saturday, he set out in search of reaching it as part of a team alongside Loic Meillard. Out in seventh, Odermatt didn’t let the disappointment affect him, delivering a 1:52.08 to set the pace by almost a full second from Daniel Hemetsberger (AUT).

For Italy’s home team, it was a mixed bag of results. Florian Schieder (ITA) recorded a DNF, ruling out his chance alongside Tobias Kastlunger. Giovanni Franzoni (ITA) was up immediately after, a downhill silver fresh in the mind of all in attendance, and he showed exactly how he earned it. Franzoni set the time to beat from Odermatt, 1:51.80 putting his partnership with Alex Vinatzer (ITA) in the driving seat heading into the slalom.

Alexis Monney (SUI) won silver at the Worlds in this event last year and threw everything into his downhill, narrowly behind Franzoni’s time to give Daniel Yule (SUI) a platform to build from in his slalom. And for Switzerland, they occupied second, third and fourth from the downhill as Olympic champion Franjo von Allmen settled into fourth spot. Tanguy Nef, a silver medallist in this event at the Worlds, would hope to take them onto the podium, with the Italian pairing of Dominik Paris (ITA) and Tommaso Sala (ITA) in fifth at the halfway stage.

Part Two: The Slalom

Vinatzer would have to wait until last to see if he could defend the outstanding work of Franzoni, a 0.17 lead to his advantage at that point. The first 14 out in the slalom saw Austria take charge, the pairing of Vincent Kriechmayr and Manuel Feller taking a seat at the finish line in the hopes they could maintain it.

The Italian pairing of Paris and Sala couldn’t displace them, Sala’s (ITA) slalom 0.13s back. Switzerland then looked to take charge. Von Allmen and Nef were in gold and silver respectively at the 2025 Worlds in the Team Combined, and Nef swerved his way into a 0.99s advantage with the top three from downhill remaining, guaranteeing at least one Swiss podium spot.

Meillard went out next, teammate Odermatt feeling the nerves as he watched on in hope. Meillard couldn’t shift the leaders, equalling the time of still-second Austrian duo Feller and Kriechmayr. Yule (SUI) followed on after Monney’s superb downhill, but he couldn’t find the time, podium dreams disappearing in the process.

It left Alex Vinatzer of Italy knowing exactly what he needed to do to secure a home Olympic title. Franzoni had done the business in the downhill, Vinatzer aiming to emulate and protect the 0.42s lead from Franzoni. But it wasn’t to be a home fairytale, Vinatzer’s run resulting in his pair finishing in seventh, with von Allmen and Nef securing the Olympic title by just shy of a full second.

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Getting Austria in the medals

Austria's silver-winning duo did it in style, as Feller moved the duo up five places in the slalom. For Kriechmayr, he was left shocked by his teammate. "After my downhill, I never expected a medal. Manuel's run was pretty fast, he skied pretty good" before adding. "(We were) lucky as well with the guys ahead struggling. (It was) not an easy situation for the people being last to start, like Vinatzer. It was a fantastic job from Manuel."

Feller's superb slalom sealed silver, and he revealed his joy at their success.

Marco and Loic on Silver

For the Swiss duo of Odermatt and Meillard, a place on the podium at these Games comes as another major milestone. "The hundredths were on our side today" explained Meillard. Teammate Odermatt was in the unenviable position of having to watch on, and he felt the nerves. "We were a little bit nervous as it might have been another fourth place. But in the end, he secured the medal."

Odermatt added after receiving his medal: "In the end it's a medal and that we have already our souvenir from the Olympics! We both have some more chances to go and this helps us definitely for the upcoming races."

What comes after the Team Combined?

Next up comes the Super G across Wednesday and Thursday, before a day of rest for the racers. Then it’s all focus on the Giant Slalom, before Slalom takes place on 16/18 February.

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