Overview
- Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen won the men’s downhill in Bormio for the first gold of the Games, with Italy’s Giovanni Franzoni taking silver and Dominik Paris bronze.
- Sweden’s Frida Karlsson captured the women’s 20 km skiathlon ahead of teammate Ebba Andersson and Norway’s Heidi Weng, while no German finished in the top ten.
- Italian biathlete Rebecca Passler remains suspended after a January letrozole positive; team officials and the national Olympic committee voiced belief in her innocence, no replacement was named, and the case is with lawyers.
- Veteran curler Angela Romei has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after being replaced by 19-year-old Rebecca Mariani, whose father is a federation technical director; the federation denies wrongdoing.
- Lindsey Vonn signaled she will start Sunday’s downhill after strong training despite a recent reported ACL tear, Germany named Franziska Preuß to anchor the mixed biathlon relay, and snowboarder Annika Morgan secured selection after recovering from a December hand fracture.