Erik Guay wins second downhill Kvitfjell

In the second men's downhill in Kvitfjell second win of the season and third ever in the specialty in the World Cup for Erik Guay.

Saturday 1 March 2014 3 minutes reading time

The Canadian downhill champion in 2011, on a path to fortune with the starting height than that of the super-G and then a bit 'higher than today, which resulted in a miniprova today until the Russians jump, and under sleet, grasps the fifth career victory in the World Cup ahead of the Frenchman Johan Clarey 35 cents in the second place today is the best result of his career, before now had two third places in Val always Gardena, in 2009 and last December. Third place went to Austrian specialties newly crowned Olympic Matthias Mayer, the first Cup podium in the specialty. Fourth Travis Ganong that the U.S. remains one of the most in the form of the White Circus, the fifth one of two winners yesterday, the Norwegian Kjetil Jansrud, which likely played a podium with a big mistake in the middle but it is just ahead compatriot Aksel Lund Svindal who had to settle for sixth place and just 27 points to surpass the Austrian Marcel Hirscher in the top of the overall standings of the World Cup, ex-aequo with Norwegian square with 31 reviving the Swiss Silvan Zurbriggen who returns among the top ten of the World Cup two years later. The eighth and ninth American Bode Miller the best of the blue, an almost fully recovered Dominik Paris behind him Werner Heel, tenth, and the Austrian Georg Streitberger passing from winning a tie with Jansrud yesterday with the number 1 to ' eleventh place with 13 today. We will update you on the final placings of the other blue. Tomorrow, the super-G, weather permitting of course.

Max Valle

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