U.S. skier wins back-to-back super-G silver medal on timely family Olympic anniversary

Ryan Cochran-Siegle has proven 2022 wasn’t a one-off.The American alpine skier secured his second consecutive silver medal in the men’s super-G on Wednesday morning in Bormio.“I was just happy to ski how I wanted to ski today,” Cochran-Siegle told NBC after the race.

“I mean, it’s super emotional.It’s great.”Cochran-Siegle admitted he did not expect the podium finish again.

Nor did he expect to win on the 54th anniversary of his mother, Barbara Cochran, winning gold in the women’s slalom at the 1972 Sapporo Olympics.His mom and his fiancé Jessie watched from the finish area.“I was selfish and I wasn’t sure if I wanted my mom to come here, just because it is such a big event,” Cochran-Siegle said.

“She was a little sick the last few days too, so I got to see her from a balcony yesterday, but I haven’t actually seen her in person, [that’ll] be nice.And then obviously, Jesse, too.

She’s a huge part of my life.Sharing this moment with them is cool.

I did not expect this, but obviously it’s nice to bring home some hardware.”After a great run, the Burlington, Vt.native took the top of the leaderboard with a time of 1:25.45 as the third skier to fly down the course.

However, Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen stole the gold medal, crossing the finish line only 0.13 seconds faster than Cochran-Siegle (1:25.32).Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt rounded out the podium for the bronze (1:25.60).Von Allmen, who is in his first Olympics, won his third gold medal in five days and became the fourth alpine skier ever to claim three gold medals at a single Winter Games.He also also took gold in the men’s downhill Saturday morning, which Cochran-Siegle was also pining for.The silver medal was a bit of redemption for the 33-year-old, who had a disappointing downhill run over the weekend.Heading into that race, two-time Olympic gold medalist turned NBC analyst, Ted Ligety, said Cochran-Siegle “redecorated the gondola” as he fought off food p...