Kilde wins back-to-back races in Beaver Creek
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Mayer, who won the opening Downhill race this season in Lake Louise (CAN), and placed second in the first Super G in Beaver Creek, finished off the podium in the second Super G. Nonetheless, he pushed hard and held onto second place ahead of Swiss skier and 2021 Downhill World Cup winner Beat Feuz (SUI).
There have only been four speed races so far this season so nothing is set in stone, however, Feuz has yet to place higher than third. In both Super G events in Beaver Creek, he placed outside the top 10 and in the two Downhill races, one in Lake Louise and one in Beaver Creek, Feuz placed third. There are only 60 points splitting Feuz and current Downhill World Cup leader Matthias Mayer, and 9 points between Feuz and Kilde, so tomorrow’s race could be opportunity to take the lead before heading into the next Downhill event taking place in Val Gardena (ITA) on the 18th of December.
The fight for places four to eight was extremely tight with only 0.08 seconds separating the four skiers. Matteo Marsaglia (ITA) managed to hold onto fourth place, Dominik Paris (ITA) in fifth, Ryan Cochran-Siegle (USA) in sixth and Niels Hintermann (SUI) in seventh. However, it was another disappointing day for Vincent Kriechmayr (AUT) as he finished 9th.
We witness also a miraculous save from French skier, Matthieu Bailet who managed to recover from nearly falling after one of the speed jumps.
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