STARTING AT 10 A-M. LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, YAMUNA TURCO, NBC5 NEWS. NATIVE VERMONTER AND TEAM USA SKIER RYAN COCHRAN- SIEGLE... HAS CAPTURED HIS SECOND STRAIGHT OLYMPIC SILVER IN THE MEN'S SUPER G EVENT. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES OUT OF THE GATE, RACING THIRD OUT OF 42 SKIIERS. HIS SISTER CATE WHO WAS WATCHING FROM HOME SAYS THAT IT WAS NERVE RACKING. THOSE NERVES GAVE WAY TO PRIDE WHEN RYAN SECURED THE SILVER. <CATE OJALA, RYAN'S SISTER> <00:03:29:07- 00:03:48:00> <"We all got to just, like, cheer for him. And he said that he would call me later, after he has some time to settle down. But I did get to see him right as he was leaving the finish. And man, that energy like he's he's right where he should be. He's, you know, he's got the the smile of a lifetime."> COCHRAN- SIEGLE'S SILVER MEDAL WIN COMES ON THE 54-TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS M
Skiing through sickness: Ryan Cochran-Siegle gets food poisoning, wins Olympic medal days later
Ryan Cochran-Siegle secured a silver medal in the men's Super G, despite a bad case of food poisoning just a few days earlier
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Updated: 9:36 AM EST Feb 12, 2026
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Four years after Ryan Cochran-Siegle surprised the world with a silver medal performance in Beijing, he did it again. Only this time, he made the podium after a bad case of food poisoning. Cochran-Siegle said he was "fighting some demons with his toilet" before his downhill run on Saturday, when he finished 18th.The Vermont native managed to pull through on Wednesday for the men's Super G. After recovering for a few days, Cochran-Siegle crossed the finish line with a time of 1:25.45, just .13 seconds behind Swiss alpine skier Franjo von Allmen. Cochran-Siegle's successful run also came on the 54th anniversary of his mother's gold medal race. Barbara Ann Cochran won the women's slalom in the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. Cochran-Siegle's mother and his fiancée, Jessica, watched the downhill from the family's ski area in Vermont, but flew to see his Super G race in Italy. PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=
Four years after Ryan Cochran-Siegle surprised the world with a silver medal performance in Beijing, he did it again. Only this time, he made the podium after a bad case of food poisoning.
Cochran-Siegle said he was "fighting some demons with his toilet" before his downhill run on Saturday, when he finished 18th.
Dustin Satloff
Ryan Cochran-Siegle trains ahead of downhill race Feb. 5, 2026
The Vermont native managed to pull through on Wednesday for the men's Super G. After recovering for a few days, Cochran-Siegle crossed the finish line with a time of 1:25.45, just .13 seconds behind Swiss alpine skier Franjo von Allmen.
Boston Globe
Ryan Cochran-Siegle and mother, Barbara Ann at Cochran’s Ski Area in Richmond, VT (2021)
Cochran-Siegle's successful run also came on the 54th anniversary of his mother's gold medal race. Barbara Ann Cochran won the women's slalom in the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. Cochran-Siegle's mother and his fiancée, Jessica, watched the downhill from the family's ski area in Vermont, but flew to see his Super G race in Italy.
Sal Veder/Associated Press
Barbara Ann Cochran wins gold medal for women’s slalom during 1972 Olympics in Japan.
