Feuz at the double with second Kitzbuehel downhill win
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Kitzbühel (Austria) (AFP)
Swiss racer Beat Feuz confirmed his impressive form by speeding to a back-to-back victory in the second World Cup downhill in Kitzbuehel on Sunday.
Feuz, who also won Friday s crash-marred downhill after four second places in the Austrian resort, clocked 1min 55.29sec on the 3.3km-long Streif course on the Hahnenkamm mountain.
The squat 33-year-old, who won two medals at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics (super-G silver, downhill bronze) and was world downhill champion in St Moritz in 2017, raced in excess of 145 km/h (90 mph) down what is widely regarded as the most prestigious and demanding race on the World Cup circuit.
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Jan 22, 2021 2:06 PM
(Reuters) – Swiss veteran Beat Feuz won an injury-hit Kitzbuehel World Cup downhill on Friday after two rivals crashed and were airlifted off the fearsome Hahnenkamm mountain.
The results were made official after the minimum 30 had finished, following lengthy holds and with the weather deteriorating.
It was Feuz’s first downhill win on the Streif slope after four previous second places.
His team mate Urs Kryenbuehl was one of those taken away by helicopter after crashing on the final jump. American Ryan Cochran-Siegle was the other after careering into the side netting.
The U.S. team said on Twitter that Cochran-Siegle, who was fastest in training on Wednesday, had a minor cervicle spine fracture (neck).
Feuz wins Kitzbuehel downhill marked by two heavy crashes
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Kitzbühel (Austria) (AFP)
Switzerland s Beat Feuz fell back on all his experience to blitz Kitzbuehel s famed World Cup downhill on Friday, but in-form American Ryan Cochran-Siegle and Swiss racer Urs Kryenbuehl both crashed heavily in the wind-interrupted race.
Feuz, who won two medals at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics (super-G silver, downhill bronze) and was world downhill champion in St Moritz in 2017, timed a scorching 1min 53.77sec down the wind-swept 3.3km-long Streif course on the Hahnenkamm mountain.
There were no speeding tickets issued as Feuz raced in excess of 145 km/h (90 mph) in what is widely regarded as the most prestigious and demanding race on the World Cup circuit.
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