USA racks up more medals in alpine skiing with Cochran-Siegle’s silver repeat

United States' Ryan Cochran Siegle speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's super-G race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Bormio, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. () Photo: AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti

Ryan Cochran-Siegle pulled off a silver medal repeat in super-g on the tails of Wiles' and Moltzan's bronze in team combined

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Ryan Cochran-Siegle proved his Olympic super-G silver medal four years ago was no fluke.

The American veteran captured his second consecutive Olympic silver in the men’s super-G on Wednesday, finishing in 1 minute, 25.45 seconds at the Stelvio Ski Center in Bormio, just 0.13 behind Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen, who won in 1:25.32.

Von Allmen secured his third gold medal of the Milan-Cortina Games — matching the most by a men’s alpine skier at a single Olympics since Toni Sailer in 1956 and Jean-Claude Killy in 1968.

 

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While not from Park City, Cochran-Siegle has spent a lot of time here  – in part because the U.S. Team is based here, but also because his cousin, Jessica Kelley, lives here and is the Alpine Director of Park City Ski and Snowboard.

For Cochran-Siegle, the medal carried added meaning. It came on the 54th anniversary of his mother Barbara Cochran’s slalom gold at the 1972 Sapporo Olympics.

“I was just happy to ski how I wanted to ski today,” Cochran-Siegle said. “It’s super emotional. It’s great.”

The 33-year-old said he wasn’t focused on defending his medal from Beijing in 2022.

“Today I wasn’t going out trying to win an Olympic medal,” he told NBC. “I was trying to ski the way I want to ski. Sometimes it’s good to be a goldfish — to reset, trust yourself and just go.”

Teammates Sam Morse finished 23rd in 1:27.41, while Kyle Negomir was 26th in 1:28.62. River Radamus did not finish after missing a gate high on the course.

While Cochran-Siegle delivered a steady performance in the speed discipline, the U.S. women added hardware of their own a day earlier in the Olympic debut of the team combined event.

Wiles and Moltzan teamed up to win bronze in the women’s combined, which pairs one downhill skier with one slalom skier. It marked the first time the event has been contested at the Olympics.

Wiles, skiing the downhill leg for Team USA 2, positioned the team in fourth. Moltzan followed with a composed slalom run on a technical, Austrian-set course that caused multiple DNFs, moving the Americans into medal contention. After a tense wait in the finish, they secured bronze.

“I didn’t sleep well the last couple of nights, but I felt grateful that I had another opportunity with Paula,” said Wiles, who had narrowly missed the podium with a fourth-place finish in the individual downhill. “We both wanted it that badly.”

Moltzan said she relied on patience and perspective before pushing out of the start gate.

“Jackie had set us up in an incredible start position,” Moltzan said. “I took some deep breaths and remembered that pressure is a privilege.”

Austria’s Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber won gold, and Germany’s Kira Weidle-Winkelmann and Emma Aicher claimed silver.

The Americans came close to a second medal in the event. Breezy Johnson, fresh off her downhill gold two days earlier, won the downhill portion for Team USA 1 to put Mikaela Shiffrin in position to contend for gold in the slalom leg. But on a challenging course, Shiffrin posted the 15th-fastest slalom time, leaving the duo just off the podium in fourth place.

Team USA 3, with Keely Cashman and A.J. Hurt, finished 15th. Team USA 4, featuring Isabella Wright and Nina O’Brien, did not finish.

Next up is the women’s super-g, which will be contested Feb. 12 and will stream live on Peacock at 3:30 a.m. MT.