Ski

February 25, 2026

Out of ten competitions: four gold medals, six silver medals, and two bronzes; an impressive tally at the major event of the season that yet again confirms the HEAD World Cup Rebels are in a class of their own. Franjo von Allmen wins an awesome three victories in the Downhill, Super-G, and Team event to clinch his place in skiing history as Bormio's alpine superstar.

"It feels like a dream I don't want to wake up from," said the 24-year-old Swiss athlete. And, what is also remarkable, this is the fourth time – Sochi, Pyeongchang, Beijing and Milano Cortina – where both the men's Downhill and Super-G were won by HEAD.

"A total of twelve medals, including four golds - we can be satisfied with that. 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," says HEAD Racing Director Rainer Salzgeber.

"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. Another highlight for me was the women's Team event and the gold medal won by Ariane Rädler. Despite her many injuries, she has never given up, and we have always believed in her. For me, however, each and every medal was something very special. We witnessed some tough scenes too: 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."

The HEAD World Cup Rebels' podiums:

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 with Franjo von Allmen (SUI)
Silver - Austria with Vincent Kriechmayr (AUT)

Women's Team Event
Gold - Austria with Ariane Rädler (AUT)
Silver - Germany with Emma Aicher (GER)

"A testimony to great dedication and skill"

"My thanks go to everyone in our HEAD team, even if our athletes and our service men didn't always manage to win a medal. Everybody belongs to the team, whether at the competition or back home, and has made their important contribution to HEAD's success," says Rainer Salzgeber. "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."