American skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle was fastest in the opening downhill training session of the Milan Cortina Games.

American giant slalom specialist River Radamus was a surprise name near the top of the time sheet after the final men's downhill training session.

You can hear the sound of the skis slapping into frozen bumps, the air whooshing as the racers fly past; legs screaming, heart racing, all while navigating swooping turns and a 1,023-meter vertical drop. In under two minutes, the bone-rattling ride is over. If negotiated successfully.

There’s a certain look that downhill skiers get in their eyes when the track in Cortina, known as the Olympia delle Tofane, enters the conversation. It’s the sort of course that a ski racer wouldn’t want to miss,

Alpine skiers Mattia Casse, Florian Schieder and Giovanni Franzoni posted the three fastest times in the second official downhill training for the men ahead of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.