Winter Olympics 2022: Swiss Beat Feuz wins downhill gold, Johan Clarey Oldest in Alpine skiing takes Silver Medal.
- Beat Feuz produced a stunning display to win the first Olympic gold medal of his career.
- Feuz becomes the first Swiss man to achieve more than two Olympic medals in Alpine skiing after his excellent performance.
- Runner-up Johan Clarey becomes the oldest man to win an Olympic medal in alpine ski racing aged 41.
Switzerland's Beat Feuz won gold in a thrilling men's downhill at the Beijing Winter Games on Monday while 41-year-old Frenchman Johan Clarey became the oldest Olympic medallist in Alpine skiing with silver.
Feuz, powered down the steep slopes of 'The Rock' in 1:42.69, with Clarey in the silver medal position just 0.10 behind.
The 34-year-old Feuz won bronze in downhill and silver in super-G four years ago at Pyeongchang but his determined and skilful run finally brought him gold.
It's a fine day in sports as Frenchman Clarey replacing Bode Miller as the oldest Olympic medallist in Alpine skiing. Miller won bronze in super-G at the 2014 Sochi Games aged 36.
Austria's Matthias Mayer, who won gold medals at the past two Games, had to settle for bronze this time.
There was no medal for Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, the World Cup downhill leader and pre-Games favourite, who was 0.51 behind Feuz in fifth place.
Canada's James Crawford, yet to stand on the podium in the World Cup, who finished in fourth place 0.23 off Feuz's winning time.
Alpine Skiing🎿 - Beat Feuz🇨🇠is the 4️⃣th Swiss alpine skier to win the men's downhill at the Olympic Winter Games
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2022 - Beat Feuz
2010 - Didier Defago
1988 - Pirmin Zurbriggen
1972 - Bernhard Russi#alpineskiing #beijing2022
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Reuters Media - Reporting by Simon Evans, additional reporting by Shadia Nasralla, Natalie Thomas, Editing by Peter Rutherford
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