Olympic downhill gold follows daughter’s birth for Beat Feuz
2 years, 10 months ago

Olympic downhill gold follows daughter’s birth for Beat Feuz

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Life was good for Swiss skier Beat Feuz. “I can’t think of anything more beautiful than flying home with a gold medal around my neck,” said Feuz, who later teared up as he spoke to his family by video. It’s already a good memory.” The 5-foot-8 Feuz, who turns 35 on Friday, won a silver medal in super-G and bronze in downhill at the 2018 Olympics and is the four-time reigning World Cup downhill champion. “The Olympics are a big thing.. Today everything came together.” Two-time Olympic champion Matthias Mayer of Austria was 0.16 behind and added a bronze medal to his career haul. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway, a popular pick to win because he leads the World Cup downhill standings and was fastest in Friday’s training session, finished fifth, a half-second behind Fuez.

World Medal World Cup Olympic Win Crawford Clarey Feuz Swiss Downhill  follows  world  superg  swiss  downhill  win  gold  feuz  cup  birth  beat  medal  olympic  won  daughters

History of this topic

Ski star Marco Odermatt finally gets a first World Cup downhill win by excelling at Wengen
11 months, 1 week ago

Ski star Marco Odermatt finally gets a first World Cup downhill win by excelling at Wengen

Associated Press  

WENGEN, Switzerland — Marco Odermatt finally won a World Cup downhill Thursday in his 36th attempt, after eight previous second-place finishes. The Swiss star, who has 29 World Cup wins in giant slalom and super-G, was close to flawless in ideal racing conditions on his home nation’s signature downhill track to be 0.58 seconds faster than Cyprien Sarrazin. I skied …

Shiffrin’s record follows 2 decades of US skiing success
1 year, 10 months ago

Shiffrin’s record follows 2 decades of US skiing success

Associated Press  

It seemed like pure Hollywood fantasy when Robert Redford’s character beat the favored Austrian to win Olympic gold in the classic Alpine skiing film “Downhill Racer,” a movie released more than half a century ago. When Mikaela Shiffrin broke Lindsey Vonn’s record for most women’s World Cup wins with her 83rd victory on Tuesday in a giant slalom, it was …

Dominik Paris dominates downhill for another Bormio win
2 years, 11 months ago

Dominik Paris dominates downhill for another Bormio win

Associated Press  

BORMIO, Italy — Icy, bumpy, dark and gnarly. Paris dominated again for his record-extending seventh victory in Bormio on Tuesday and sixth in downhill — making him the first male skier to win as many downhills at a single resort. Using his massive legs to absorb the Stelvio’s punishing terrain, Paris finished 0.24 seconds ahead of overall World Cup leader …

Kriechmayr’s masterpiece at worlds delights ski-mad Austria
3 years, 10 months ago

Kriechmayr’s masterpiece at worlds delights ski-mad Austria

Associated Press  

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Austria finally has a “Doppel-Weltmeister” again. More than 1.4 million viewers in his ski-mad home country, about one-sixth of the entire population, saw Kriechmayr’s gold run in Sunday’s downhill live on TV, national broadcaster ORF said Monday. No Austrian had won gold in both downhill and super-G at a world championships since standout Hermann Maier completed …

Discover Related