{"id":65674,"date":"2026-02-07T04:56:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T09:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/winter-olympics-2026-first-gold-medal-up-for-grabs-in-mens-downhill-live\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T04:56:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T09:56:28","slug":"winter-olympics-2026-first-gold-medal-up-for-grabs-in-mens-downhill-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/winter-olympics-2026-first-gold-medal-up-for-grabs-in-mens-downhill-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Olympics 2026: first gold medal up for grabs in men\u2019s downhill \u2013 live"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Milano Cortina Games: updates from day one\u2019s action<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/ng-interactive\/2026\/feb\/04\/winter-olympics-full-schedule-milano-cortina-2026\">Schedule<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/ng-interactive\/2026\/feb\/04\/winter-olympics-results-milano-cortina-2026\">Results<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/ng-interactive\/2026\/feb\/04\/winter-olympics-2026-latest-medal-table-milano-cortina\">Medal table<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/jan\/26\/sign-up-for-the-winter-olympics-2026-daily-briefing-the-best-of-the-olympics-and-paralympics\">Briefing<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:barry.glendenning@theguardian.com\">Email Barry<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lindsey Vonn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/feb\/06\/lindsey-vonn-skiing-with-ruptured-acl-completes-downhill-training-run\">passed a key test of her damaged knee<\/a> on Friday as she completed her first downhill training run, keeping alive her hopes of a fourth Olympic medal, <em>writes Yara El-Shaboury<\/em>. Skiing with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee, the American clocked a time of 1min 40.33sec in her first official run in Cortina d\u2019Ampezzo, and simply responded \u201cyeah\u201d when asked if \u201call good\u201d by reporters.<\/p>\n<p>The training was delayed for more than an hour owing to fog hanging over the Olimpia delle Tofane piste and Vonn entertained her teammates by singing along to some Usher. The Swiss team, including the reigning downhill Olympic champion Corinne Suter, passed the time by playing Yahtzee.<\/p>\n<p>Italy\u2019s Federica Brignone was the first to get all the way down the piste, with a time of 1:40.66, as she goes for a first Olympic gold after coming back from a double leg break just in time to compete.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome things were good, some things so-so,\u201d Brignone said. \u201cI\u2019m trying to recover my leg because after skiing it\u2019s always swollen and painful. I\u2019m also working on my confidence because I\u2019m still missing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Dodds said she and her partner Bruce Mouat had produced their best performances yet as the duo recorded another two wins in Friday\u2019s round-robin matches <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/feb\/04\/winter-olympics-briefing-curling-subplots-abound-lights-go-out-first-action\">in the mixed doubles curling competition<\/a>. The pair beat Sweden 7-4 before a comprehensive 8-2 defeat of South Korea, with an end to spare in both games. \u201cWe said yesterday there were a couple of things we wanted to work on,\u201d said Dodds. \u201cWe came out today and executed exactly what we wanted to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Team GB pair were also in a buoyant move after the American rapper Snoop Dogg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/feb\/06\/snoop-dogg-shocks-british-curling-pair-with-request-for-photo-at-winter-olympics\">asked for a photo<\/a>. \u201cWe walked past and we were just kind of like \u2018there\u2019s Snoop Dogg\u2019, a bit starstruck and we got ushered back,\u201d said Dodds. \u201cThey said \u2018he wants a selfie with you\u2019 and we said \u2018OK\u2019. So, if Snoop Dogg\u2019s team is reading this, can we please get the photo?\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/feb\/07\/winter-olympics-2026-first-gold-medals-mens-downhill-figure-skating-live\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milano Cortina Games: updates from day one\u2019s action Schedule | Results | Medal table | Briefing | Email Barry Lindsey Vonn passed a key test of her damaged knee on Friday as she completed her first downhill training run, keeping alive her hopes of a fourth Olympic medal, writes Yara El-Shaboury. 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