American Ryan Cochran-Siegle Locks Down Second Olympic Silver Medal

American ski racer Ryan Cochran-Siegle is once again coming home with an Olympic silver medal.

In the men’s super-G race at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games, he cruised into second place, sneaking ahead of Switzerland’s ever-dominant Marco Odermatt.

Franjo von Allmen, another member of the Swiss squad who’s come out swinging this Olympics, claimed his third gold. 

“I felt like I went out there, skied with a lot of heart and just the focus that I’ve been doing consistently from top to bottom. It’s a great place to do it, I feel like I really embraced the slope and the way the snow was and the course set,” Cochran-Siegle said, per U.S. Ski & Snowboard. “But the meaning? It hasn’t set in. I did not expect this.”

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Cochran-Siegle had been considered the best shot at Olympic hardware on the American men’s racing team, but he wasn’t a sure bet. Earlier, he was beset by illness, vomiting ahead of the downhill. Ultimately, he placed 18th in that race.

“I was really trying to focus on the race, but I was definitely dealing with a little bit of a stomach issue. … I tried to ski my hardest, definitely didn’t have it in my legs … a little sickness, really throws you off,” he said, according to USA Today. “I think that was disappointing, all the work that goes into it.”

The super-G wasn’t disappointing, though. And before that race, Cochran-Siegle had plenty of inspiration to draw on as his teammates climbed onto the podium.

Paula Moltzan and Jackie Wiles, in the women’s team combined, landed their first Olympic medals earlier this week with a joint third-place finish. On a day that could have been overshadowed by the injury of her teammate and superstar Lindsey Vonn, Breezy Johnson grabbed downhill gold.

“There’s a lot of pride to that,” Cochran-Siegle said, The Associated Press reported. “Seeing their success, seeing their joy. … I think seeing their performances, it re-instilled the belief in myself and that inspiration was really key.”

The success makes Cochran-Siegle a two-time Olympic silver medalist. During the 2022 Beijing Games, he also placed second in the super-G. 

The rest of the American men couldn’t put together medal-winning performances, though. River Radamus didn’t finish the race. Sam Morse finished 23rd, and Kyle Negomir took 26th. 

For von Allmen, the super-G race represented another chapter in his breakout Olympic story. A growing force on skiing’s professional circuit, the World Cup, this is his first time at the Games, but it doesn’t exactly appear that way. 

He previously took gold in the Downhill and Team Combined. He is only the third male alpine skier to win three events at one Olympics, joined by legends Jean-Claude Killy and Anton “Toni” Sailer.

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