Johan Clarey marked the history of his sport by signing a podium in Austria.

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The Swiss Beat Feuz confirmed that he was the master of the Streif by winning the downhill from Kitzbühel two days after his first victory in the classic of classics in Austria.

First double on the post since Luc Alphand

The three-time champion of the downhill globe title deprives Frenchman Johan Clarey of a first World Cup victory at 40 by 17 hundredths and is 38 hundredths ahead of Austrian Matthias Mayer, second on Friday.

No skier had signed a double the same year in the Tyrol resort since Luc Alphand in 1995. A performance made possible this year by the cancellation of the other classic in Wengen (Switzerland), due to cases of Covid- 19 in the station, which allowed Kitzbühel to recover a descent.

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Johan Clarey, fourth Friday, signs his best place in Kitzbühel, after his podium in 2017, thanks to his efficiency in the sliding part at mid-descent.

For lack of a first success on the circuit, the oldest French descender still inscribes his name in the history of his sport by becoming the first skier for more than forty years on a World Cup podium.

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