Kitzbühel (Austria) (AFP)
The Austrian Matthias Mayer won for the first time in his career the legendary descent of Kitzbühel on Saturday in front of his compatriot Vincent Kriechmayr and the Swiss Beat Feuz, second tied at 22 / 100th.
The 29-year-old skier, Olympic downhill champion (2014) and super-G (2018), signs his 8th World Cup victory before his audience, a week after his surprise success in the Wengen combined and the day after his second place in the super-G.
The Austrian has had one of his best World Cup seasons, having won the Lake Louise super-G on December 1.
Under the eyes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, returned to his Austrian homeland, Mayer, who had never managed a podium in downhill at Kitzbühel, benefited from the absence of the defending champion and triple winner on the Streif, the Italian Dominik Paris who broke the anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee on Tuesday in training.
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