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YANQING, China: Austria's Matthias Mayer became the first man to win an Alpine skiing gold medal at three consecutive Olympic Games after winning the super-G at the Beijing Games on Tuesday (Feb 8).
Matthias Mayer defended his Olympic super-G title on Tuesday to make history as the first male alpine skier to win gold medals in three consecutive Games. Mayer, who won his first super-G title in Pyeongchang in 2018 and also won downhill gold at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, clocked a winning time of 1min 19.94sec.
«Saldré desde más atrás, con un dorsal más alto que en descenso, pero estoy preparado. Iré más tranquilo y a intentar jugármela», decía Ader Etxezarreta antes de afrontar el supergigante olímpico El bólido nacido hace 26 años en San Sebastián y criado en la localidad navarra de Areso se salió del recorrido, se saltó una puerta y fue descalificado, pero el velocísimo esquiador debe irse de Pekín muy orgulloso de su actuación.
YANQING, China :Austria's Matthias Mayer became the first man to win an Alpine skiing gold medal at three consecutive Olympic Games after winning the super-G at the Beijing Games on Tuesday.
Austria's Matthias Mayer defended his Olympic super-G title, taking the gold medal with a time of 1:19.94 at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre. America's Ryan Cochran-Siegle snatched silver, finishing 0.04 seconds behind Mayer (1:19.98), to win his first Olympic medal in only his second Games. Ad/> Hot pre-race favourite Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who came 13th in the super-G in Sochi and Pyeongchang, won his first ever Olympic medal as he finished in a time of 1:20.36 to take bronze.
YANQING, China : Austria's Matthias Mayer was poised to become the first man to win an Alpine skiing gold medal in three consecutive Olympic Games as he held the lead in the super-G after the top 30 skiers had completed their runs.
Today saw two Alpine Skiers in action for Ireland at the Winter Olympics, with Jack Gower competing in the Downhill event which was rescheduled from yesterday morning, and Tess Arbez in the Giant Slalom.