Chemmy Alcott
Four-time Olympic alpine ski racer on BBC Two

Giovanni Franzoni is an incredible character. He races with such intensity.

He carried the bull in that tuck position. He almost compensated his clean turns by fighting for that aerodynamic position. We are used to seeing him skiing with no outside ski pressure.

He has so much strength and normally skis with such finesse. That was not his tactic today - he threw everything at it.

There are four more gold medals up for grabs on day one in Italy.

• 12:00-14:30 - Women's cross-country skiing - 10km + 10km skiathlon
• 15:00-16:00 - Women's 3,000m speed skating
• 17:45-20:00 - Women's ski jumping - normal hill
• 18:30-20:30 - Men's snowboard - big air

What a treat! A gold medal before midday.

One down... I'm not even going to count how many to go...

The next one up for grabs is in the women's 10km+skiathlon, which is starting right now.

It's worth mentioning that Franjo von Allman's winning time of one minute 51.61 seconds is 3.35 seconds faster than the slowest time recorded in that final.

3.35 seconds doesn't seem a long time, but in downhill it really is!

Chemmy Alcott
Four-time Olympic alpine ski racer on BBC Two

Franjo von Allmen is normally really wild and ends up in the net. But he pulled that back today and had that Swiss precision.

He took a higher line and was rapid through the speed gun. That was the gold medal defining moment for me. An almost perfect run.

Home nation Italy are off to a great start at these Games as Giovanni Franzoni takes silver in the men's downhill and Dominik Paris clinches bronze.

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There are four matches in the women's ice hockey today, one of which is already under way on the BBC Red Button.

Germany are 3-0 up against Japan in Milan while Finland play the US at 15:40 GMT, having had their previous match postponed because of a norovirus outbreak in their squad.

There's also Sweden v Italy (13:40) and Switzerland v Canada (20:10).

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The camera has just panned to Franjo von Allmen, who had a massive smile on his face as he gave us a big thumbs up.

There are just 10 skiers to go. Can anyone spring a late surprise and disrupt the medal positions?

Franjo von Allmen is still in gold medal position and looks set to claim the Olympic title with just a dozen skiers left to go.

The Swiss man, who became the youngest downhill world champion in 36 years in 2025, is also a trained carpenter and has worked on construction sites in the past.

What a moment this could be for the 24-year-old.

Katie Falkingham
BBC Sport in Livigno

Kirsty Muir and her freeski team-mates did something a bit left-field before the Olympic season got under way - they went freediving.

"It was to put ourselves in a high-pressure situation and see how we reacted, managed ourselves and told our minds to chill out in this high-stress situation," Muir told BBC Radio 5 Live a few weeks ago.

"We started off just breathing on the ground, then we moved into a static tub and that’s where I held my breath for three minutes in the end.

"Then we moved into a quarry, went down a rope and ended up 15-17 metres down. It’s pitch black, you can’t see anything, and you start overthinking - that’s when you’ve really got to centre yourself and calm down.

"It’s helped a lot with my skiing because I realise now that I perform a lot better when I am calmer."

So that's qualifying done and dusted for the women's freeski slopestyle.

Great Britain's Kirsty Muir has made it safely through to the final, finishing third overall. Can she keep that up on Monday to grab a medal?

Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud - the reigning Olympic champion - topped the leaderbaord with a score of 79.15, while Chinese superstar Eileen Gu redeemed herself after a first-run fall with a score of 75.30 to finish second.

Others weren't so lucky...

Matt Chilton
Alpine skiing commentator on BBC Two

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These Swiss fans will be delirious, there are so many here to support Von Allmen. He knows that the best of the skiers have been and gone.

No-one seems to be challenging the time set by the Swiss skier at the moment.

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The podium positions remain the same with Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen leading the way and Italy's Giovanni Franzoni and Dominik Paris in second and third respectively.

It's going to take a big performance from the remaining pack to alter the standings!

So, Great Britain are in the best possible place to qualify for the mixed doubles semi-final.

Earlier this morning they maintained their 100% record with a statement victory over heavyweights Canada.

The sense is six wins should be enough for a place in the last four and the British pair have already hit that mark to sit top of the round-robin standings.

That's a reminder of how cruel the Winter Olympics can be.

Kim Zanella Dumont of France was riding brilliantly through the first half of her run, but it comes a bit loose and she crashes horribly on the final jump.

She's not physically hurt, but she punches the snow and let's out a massive sob. A score of 22.85 will not be enough.

Chemmy Alcott
Four-time Olympic alpine ski racer on BBC Two

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Franjo von Allmen has a tremendous clasp between his knees and is so aerodynamic in the air.

He knew every bit of critical transition to capitalise on and knows exactly how to win this downhill.

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There's the official confirmation we needed, Great Britain's Kirsty Muir is through to Monday's final with a score of 64.98. She's still in third.

Second-placed Eileen Gu is also through, despite that torrid first run.