This Wednesday, newcomer Emeric Guerillot equaled the best performance by a Portuguese player in alpine skiing events at the Winter Olympic Games, when he came 32nd in the Milan-Cortina 2026 Super G. At 18 years old, the Portuguese athlete needed 1.31.43 minutes to complete the descent at the Stelvio ski center, equaling Georges Mendes' 32nd place in the slalom in Lillehammer 1994. Emeric Guerillot was only the second Portuguese person to participate in the Super G, after Georges Mendes, who did not finish the descent in 1994. «I hope to do better in the other disciplines, but I would say that my Olympic Games started very well and I can even say that they were already worth it for today's performance. I'm really happy, on a very difficult and fast track. I was very nervous before leaving, because it was my first Olympic race and the track was known for being difficult. (…) I’m very happy, I had great feelings.” «I had good speed and I really felt good, I knew I could make a good time. It was a little complicated, because the legs were shaking a little», he told the Olympic Committee. Emeric Guerillot will also compete in the giant slalom (14 February) and the slalom (16), with his sister Vanina Guerillot taking part in the giant slalom (15) and slalom (17), while José Cabeça runs the 10 kilometers freestyle cross-country skiing (13). The Swiss Franjo van Allmen begins to consider himself as one of the great figures of Milan-Cortina 2026, after winning his third title, adding the Super G to the downhill and combined team golds. At 24 years old, he needed 1.25.32 minutes to complete the descent, 0.13 seconds less than the North American Ryan Siegle-Cochran, who repeated his second place in Beijing 2022. The podium was completed by the Swiss Marco Odermatt.
