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The speed opening on the Men''s Olympic Downhill rewards the Carinthian, who rules the world champion Kriechmayr and the winner of the last four specialty cups Beat Feuz (with Odermatt 4th and at his top in the discipline). For "Domme" a condition not yet at the top and the final eighth place in front of Kilde, Innerhofer and the other blues are further away, out of Buzzi.
Saturday 27 November 2021 4 minutes reading time
They had been hiding in rehearsal and, on the right day and 24 hours after the cancellation of the first scheduled appointment in Lake Louise, they were impressed by the champions they are.
Matthias Mayer and Vincent Kriechmayr give Austria a great brace in the first downhill of the World Cup season, divided by 23 cents in favor of the 2014 Olympic champion (downhill), who keeps up with the pace of the two world champion in the first part , to then earn that decisive couple of tenths in the heart of the Men''s Olympic Downhill.
For the Carinthian, eleventh pearl in the cup, seventh downhill and second in the Canadian town, after the super-g won in 2019, last time in Lake Louise. And on the podium, coincidentally, there is always Beat Feuz who starts well his run-up to the fifth consecutive downhill World Cup, finishing 35 cents from Mayer and leaving practically all the "treasure" in the first 25 seconds of the race.
Five hundredths behind, what a splendid performance by Marco Odermatt who is now a guarantee also in speed: after Saalbach's 5th place in the last downhill last year, the Nidvaldese signs the new best in his career and takes 50 heavy points in the fight for the absolute crystal ball.
If Max Franz can complain (and Austria would have made a hat-trick with him) for having lost almost 4 tenths in the final stretch, theoretically more congenial to him, and must be satisfied with the fifth position at 56 cents from his compatriot, they smile at least partially Baumann and Bailet, respectively 6th and 7th at + 0 ”77 and + 0” 79. A little further behind here is the blue giant, a Dominik Paris who starts well with the best partial at the top, then pays in the most technical section, holding up well in the final section for an eighth place, 96 cents from Mayer, who certainly cannot satisfy him since Lake Louise is certainly appreciated by the colossus of the Val d''Ultimo, according to also two years ago, just a stone's throw from Thomas Dressen (today the great absentee due to continuous physical problems).
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