France, Feb. 7 -- The 24-year olf reigning world champion hit speeds of 145km/h to clock a winning time of 1min 51.61sec down the testing Stelvio course,finishing ahead of the Italian pair of Giovanni Franzoni, who was 0.20sec behind, and Dominik Paris (0.50).

Pre-race favourite Marco Odermatt, Von Allmen's Swiss teammate, could only finish fourth.

"At the moment it feels like a movie," Von Allmen said.

"My secret is to enjoy skiing! I was really relaxed in the morning and tried to keep the good feelings from the training and have fun skiing." Booed

Earlier on, during the opening ceremony on Friday, US Vice President JD Vance was booed by some spectators, but the US team got loud cheers.

The boos came when Vance and his wife Usha wer...