Ireland’s Cormac Comerford finished 37th in the men’s super-G at the Milan-Cortina Olympics on Wednesday.
The Dubliner completed the event to finish over nine seconds behind winner Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen, who claimed a third gold medal of the event.
Comerford was the final competitor and was visibly pleased to complete the difficult course, saying hello to the television cameras while speaking in Irish.
He also spoke to his family in Ireland, virtually, just seconds after finishing, in a touching moment as they offered their congratulations.
Five athletes failed to complete their runs, including Italian veteran Stelvio king Dominik Paris. He lost a ski early on but thankfully managed to avoid…