From Israeli skier Barnabas Szollos finishes 33rd at super-G in Winter Olympics
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Israeli skier Barnabas Szollos finishes the men’s super-G in 33rd place out of 42 competitors at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics.
Gold goes to Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen, silver to American Ryan Cochran-Siegle and bronze to Swiss Marco Odermatt. Five of the competitors did not finish the challenging course.
“Shalom my fans from Israel, today was not the day that I expected,” Szollos says following his disappointing run. “The slope and the snow changed a lot since the inspection — I was not prepared for this. But there are two more races, and I’m ready.”
Szollos, a native of Hungary, began competing for the Jewish state in 2018, and also represented Israel at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. There, he finished in a surprise 6th place in the men’s alpine combined — the best Olympic finish ever for an Israeli skier, and tied for the best Winter Olympic finish for the country as a whole. This year’s Games do not include an alpine combined event for men.
In his first event on Saturday, Szollos completed the men’s downhill in 30th place. He will ski in the giant slalom on Saturday and the slalom on Monday. His sister, Noa Szollos, also competing at her second Winter Olympics, will ski in the giant slalom on Sunday and the slalom next Wednesday.
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