"The home crowd will be rooting for Dominik Paris, who in his fifth Games is still looking for his first Olympic medal. The 36-year-old Italian is a Bormio specialist, having won a record six World Cup downhills there. There's also young Italian Giovanni Franzoni. U.S. skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle was fastest in the opening downhill training session Wednesday. It is Cochran-Siegle's third Winter Olympics. He won silver in the super-G at the Beijing Games four years ago."
"Two-time reigning world champion Ilia Malinin, the overwhelming favorite to win Olympic figure skating gold, performs his short program as part of the team event. The defending champion U.S. leads Japan and Italy going into Day 2 of the three-day competition. It's scheduled to begin at 6:45 p.m. local time (1745 GMT, 12:45 p.m. ET) in Milan. In the free dance, the U.S. team of Madison Chock and Evan Bates is expected back on the ice."
Men's downhill at Stelvio Ski Center in Bormio opens the Milan-Cortina Olympics and is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. local time, weather permitting. Swiss teammates Marco Odermatt and world champion Franjo von Allmen are among the favorites, with home favorite Dominik Paris, Giovanni Franzoni and U.S. rider Ryan Cochran-Siegle also in contention; Cochran-Siegle topped an opening training run and won Beijing super-G silver. Ilia Malinin, two-time reigning world champion, performs his short program in the figure skating team event as the U.S. leads. Madison Chock and Evan Bates are expected in the free dance. Jessie Diggins, a 34-year-old with gold, silver and bronze from prior Games, competes in her fourth Olympics aiming to add to her medal haul before retiring at season's end.
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