3-time Olympic ski champion Matthias Mayer suddenly retires at World Cup event
Austrian skier Matthias Mayer, who won gold at three consecutive Olympics, announced his retirement with immediate effect Thursday.
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Austrian skier Matthias Mayer, who won gold at three consecutive Olympics, announced his retirement with immediate effect Thursday.
Swiss Olympic champion Marco Odermatt won the super-G event in Bormio, Italy on Thursday to extend his lead atop the overall World Cup standings.
BORMIO, Italy: Triple Olympic champion Matthias Mayer announced his immediate retirement from skiing on Thursday (Dec 29), shortly before the start of the men's Super-G World Cup event in Bormio.
A double world champion two seasons ago. The winner in Wengen last winter. Now, Vincent Kriechmayr has added victory in the classic Val Gardena downhill to his growing list of career accomplishments.
Alexander Aaamodt Kilde produced a stirring display on home snow to wrap up the Super-G Crystal Globe in Kvitfjell. Marco Odermatt struggled and finished down in 28th, 1.68 seconds adrift, with Odermatt's strongest challenges on the day coming from elsewhere.
Alexander Aaamodt Kilde produced a stirring display on home snow to wrap up the Super-G Crystal Globe in Kvitfjell. The Norwegian recovered from a slight early error to master a tricky course and lay down the gauntlet to Marco Odermatt, who needed a good result to stay in touch at the top of the standings. Ad/> But Odermatt struggled and finished down in 28th, 1.68 seconds adrift, with Odermatt's strongest challenges on the day coming from elsewhere.
Canada's Jack Crawford raced to silver in a World Cup super-G on Sunday, on the heels of his bronze-medal performance at the Beijing Olympics.
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde claimed his first Alpine Ski World Cup victory on home snow, at the Kvitfjell Super-G on Sunday (6 March) to secure the discipline crystal globe.