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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (Reuters) - Austria’s Vincent Kriechmayr won Sunday’s showcase men’s downhill by a hundredth of a second, the slimmest of margins, at the Alpine skiing world championships to complete a rare speed double on Italian snow.
Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine World Ski Championships - Cortina d Ampezzo, Italy - February 14, 2021 Austria s Vincent Kriechmayr celebrates on the podium after winning the men s downhill REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
The 29-year-old, who took gold in the men’s super-G on Thursday, became only the third male skier after American Bode Miller (in 2005) and Austria’s Hermann Maier (1999) to win both speed races at the same championships.
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Two out of two titles for Swiss women Germany’s Weidle a surprise silver, bronze for Gut-Behrami (Adds Gut-Behrami, Weidle quotes)
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Corinne Suter continued Switzerland’s golden start to the Alpine skiing world championships on Saturday by winning her country’s first women’s downhill title in 32 years.
A silver medallist two years ago and also in Thursday’s super-G, won by team mate Lara Gut-Behrami, Suter started seventh and made no mistakes as she powered down Cortina’s glistening Olympia delle Tofane piste.
Germany’s Kira Weidle, 11th starter, ran Suter close to take a surprise silver 0.20 seconds adrift.