Olympic victory: Beat Feuz gilds his career

Beat Feuz is the new Olympic downhill champion! The Swiss powerhouse conjured up a perfect ride in the icy snow of Yanqing, mastered the demanding and spectacular Olympic slope with impressive ease and shocked the competition with the best time of 1.42,69:XNUMX seconds.

The 34-year-old Feuz, who has recently repeatedly hinted at the imminent end of his career, rounds off his unique career with this victory. The four-time downhill World Cup winner won the downhill world championship title in 2017, took two more World Cup bronze medals and took silver and bronze in super-G and downhill four years ago in South Korea. Now his Olympic medal set is complete. An oldie surprises everyone In the winner's interview, Feuz could hardly believe his luck: “My entire career is going on in my head, with all the ups and downs. This is a very special moment. It was a really difficult race on an unknown track.”

The most dangerous sensation for Feuz this Monday was the French veteran Johan Clarey, who recorded his absolute career highlight at the age of 41. He relegated Matthias Mayer to bronze. This is the Austrian's third medal at the Olympics, after winning gold in 2014 (downhill) and 2018 (super-G). Innerhofer out, Paris in 6th place However, the Olympic downhill didn't go as planned for Italy's speed team. The one who started the race with start number 4 Christoph Innerhofer came off the line in the upper part of the route and was eliminated after a goal error.

Different than Innerhofer was dominik paris a real force in the first part times. For a long time he was actually faster than Feuz, but as his journey continued he continually lost time. Details in his cornering and line choice allowed Paris to slip into sixth place. He crossed the finish line half a second behind the gold medalist and swung off, shaking his head. The Ultner remains without an Olympic medal. The third Azzurro in the group, the Roman Matteo Marsaglia, took 15th place.

Paris and Co. have another, last chance on Tuesday in the Super-G. Today the big spotlight belongs to just one person: Beat Feuz. Olympic downhill result: Pos Name Country Time 1. Beat Feuz, SUI 1.42,69 Minutes 2. John Clarey FRA +0,10 seconds 3. Matthias Mayer TUE +0,16 4. James Crawford CAN +0,23 5. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde NOR +0,51 6. dominik paris ITA/Ulten +0,52 7. Marco Odermatt SUI +0,71 8. Vincent Kriechmayr TUE +0,76 9. Max Franz TUE +0,83 10. Bostian Kline SLO +1,06 ... 15. Matteo Marsaglia ITA +1,37 Out: Christof Innerhofer (ITA/Gais), Broderick Thompson (CAN), Dominik Schwaiger (GER) Not started: Kjetil Jansrud (NOR)

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Olympic victory: Beat Feuz gilds his career

After the weather-related cancellation on Sunday, the men's Olympic downhill event was able to go ahead as planned early on Monday morning. Things really went according to plan for Beat Feuz! The South Tyroleans, on the other hand, have to accept disappointment.

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