Winter Olympics 2022 - Beat Feuz snatches gold in men's downhill, 41-year-old Johan Clarey wins silver

Beat Feuz produced a fine run to win gold in the men's downhill at the Yanqing Alpine Skiing Centre in Beijing. The Swiss racer, who won super-G silver and downhill bronze in Pyeongchang 2018, snatched top spot from Matthias Mayer with a special run of 1:42.69 to claim his first ever gold medal. Ad/> Johan Clarey, aged 41, surged into silver medal position after producing the race of his life with a time of 1:42.79.

Beijing 2022Downhill postponed due to high winds, rearranged for MondayYESTERDAY AT 02:41 Double Olympic champion Mayer, who took downhill gold in Sochi 2014 and super-G gold in Pyeongchang 2018, had to settle for bronze. He went full attack in the second half of his run and recorded a time of 1:43.45. Clarey told Eurosport: «I have to calm down a little and think about what I did but it's just unbelievable.

I know it was a perfect record for me. I knew had a good run but you never know in downhill if you are fast or not. »A silver medal here is just fantastic." Mayer said: «It was not my best start but the rest of the race was really good.

Beat was in really good shape and congratulations to him and his Olympic victory. I'm very happy with bronze.» /> The dry snow proved troubling for the women racers in the first run of the giant slalom on Monday and it would cause damage to Germany's Dominik Schwaiger, who was second out of the gate. He got his ski caught in the grippy snow and crashed into the fence, skidding 300m before requiring medical treatment which resulted in a 12 minute delay.