HEAD Worldcup Rebels Dominate Milano/Cortina With 12 Medals, Four Golds
HEAD Worldcup Rebels delivered a commanding performance at the season’s highlight event in Italy, finishing with 12 medals — four gold, six silver and two bronze — across 10 competitions.
The results once again underscored HEAD’s strength on the sport’s biggest stage. Franjo von Allmen led the charge, winning three gold medals in the men’s downhill, super-G and team event to cement his status as one of the defining athletes of the Games in Bormio.
“It feels like a dream I don’t want to wake up from,” said the 24-year-old Swiss standout.
Notably, Milano/Cortina marked the fourth consecutive Olympic Games — following Sochi, Pyeongchang and Beijing — in which HEAD athletes swept both the men’s downhill and super-G gold.
Four Golds Highlight Historic Run
“A total of twelve medals, including four golds — we can be satisfied with that,” HEAD Racing Director Rainer Salzgeber said. “Of course there are some things that we would have liked to work out differently, but at the end of the day these are brilliant results.
“What Franjo von Allmen achieved was extraordinary. From six major events he now has five gold medals. That underlines his supreme skill and endurance, as well as the consistency that we manage to deliver at HEAD. Since Sochi, our team have produced the champions four times in a row in the men’s downhill and super-G events. That actually speaks volumes.”
Salzgeber also pointed to the women’s team event as a defining moment, highlighted by Ariane Rädler’s gold medal for Austria.
“Another highlight for me was the women’s team event and the gold medal won by Ariane Rädler,” he said. “Despite her many injuries, she has never given up, and we have always believed in her.”
Podium Performances Across Disciplines
HEAD athletes reached the podium in speed and technical events, as well as both team competitions:
Men’s Downhill
🥇 Gold — Franjo von Allmen (SUI)
Men’s Super-G
🥇 Gold — Franjo von Allmen (SUI)
🥈 Silver — Ryan Cochran-Siegle (USA)
Women’s Downhill
🥈 Silver — Emma Aicher (GER)
Women’s Super-G
🥉 Bronze — Cornelia Hütter (AUT)
Women’s Giant Slalom
🥈 Silver — Sara Hector (SWE)
Women’s Slalom
🥈 Silver — Camille Rast (SUI)
🥉 Bronze — Anna Swenn-Larsson (SWE)
Men’s Team Event
🥇 Gold — Switzerland (Franjo von Allmen)
🥈 Silver — Austria (Vincent Kriechmayr)
Women’s Team Event
🥇 Gold — Austria (Ariane Rädler)
🥈 Silver — Germany (Emma Aicher)
“A Testimony to Great Dedication and Skill”
While celebrating the medal haul, Salzgeber acknowledged the narrow margins and difficult moments that also defined the competition.
“We witnessed some tough scenes too,” he said. “Lindsey Vonn did not manage to finish her phenomenal comeback as she and so many of us wished. In both of her competitions, Lena Dürr was in second place after the first run, but despite her excellent performance, it was not enough for a medal. And for Atle Lie McGrath it was an extremely bitter moment when, having clocked a lead of sixth tenths of a second on the first run, he dropped out on the second. I hope they both manage to get back on track soon, because we’ve still got some important competitions to come.”
Salzgeber credited the broader HEAD team for the sustained success across multiple Olympic cycles.
“My thanks go to everyone in our HEAD team, even if our service men didn’t always manage to win a medal,” he said. “Everybody belongs to the team, whether at the competition or back home, and has made their important contribution to HEAD’s success.
“The equipment we competed with in Sochi is no longer comparable to the equipment we used in Italy. Winning the gold medal in both the downhill and the super-G four times back-to-back is a testimony to the great dedication and skill of everybody involved in developing and producing this equipment.”
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