Italy’s Camilla Vanni wins first alpine skiing event of Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 in Women’s Super G while Germany’s Benno Brandis wins Men’s event

21 January 2024 - Italian Camilla Vanni won the first gold medal in alpine skiing at the IV Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 and showed what a threat she will be in the next Winter Olympics in her home venue in Milano-Cortina 2026.

German skier Benno Brandis, also 17 years-old, won the men’s Super G on the Apollo slope on the first day of action at the Jeongseon High1 ski resort.

17-year-old Vanni, who is based in Cortina d'Ampezzo, the town that will co-host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, crossed the line in 53.54 seconds, 0.07 faster than Eva Schachner of Austria. Shaienne Zehnder was the quickest of the three Swiss skiers to finish in bronze medal position.

Brandis took his gold by just one hundredth of a second ahead of Asaja Sturm, the second Austrian to win silver. Andrej Barnas from Slovakia came third. It’s the first time a German alpine skier has won gold at a Winter Youth Olympic Games event.

Gangwon 2024 runs until 1 February, with more than 1,800 athletes from 78 NOCs taking part. The Winter Youth Olympic Games is filmed for live television and digital streaming on the Olympic Channel via Olympics.com and the Olympics app, with full session replays and highlights also available.