USA’s Cochran-Siegle wins shock silver in men’s Super-G as Mayer retains title

Defending champion Matthias Mayer of Austria won the men’s super-G at the Beijing Games, capturing a third Olympic gold medal on Tuesday.

Ryan Cochran-Siegle of the United States won a shock silver medal, finishing 0.04 seconds behind in second. World Cup super-G leader Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway was 0.42 behind in third.

Mayer broke Norway’s 16-year grip on the men’s Olympic super-G title when he won in 2018. That was four years after winning the downhill in Sochi. The 31-year-old Mayer also claimed bronze in the men’s downhill on Monday. He is also the first man to win an Alpine skiing gold medal in three consecutive Olympic Games.

Marco Odermatt of Switzerland was among the favorites but he lost control of his skis on a turn and skied out. Odermatt was slower than Kilde at the final checkpoint before he went out.

Skiing looked a little different 50 years ago when Barbara Cochran won the Olympic slalom (NBC broadcast/Getty). pic.twitter.com/vwmCT8pAD1

Cochran-Siegle continued a family tradition in the Winter Olympics. His mother, Barbara Cochran, won gold in the slalom at the 1972 Games.