Austrian Matthias Mayer leads way in final downhill training

ByReuters

Published 01/12/2017 at 07:58 GMT

Austrian Matthias Mayer set the tone for the World Cup downhill race in Beaver Creek by posting the fastest time in the final training run on the Birds of Prey course on Thursday.

Matthias Mayer of Austria skis during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Downhill Training on November 30, 2017 in Beaver Creek, Colorado.

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The Olympic champion needed one minute 39.74 seconds to get down the course, 0.66 seconds ahead of world champion Beat Feuz of Switzerland, who last week won the season-opening men's downhill at Lake Louise.

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France's Adrien Theaux, who posted the quickest time in the first round of men's downhill on Wednesday, was fifth fastest in his second attempt with a time of 1:41.01.

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Last weekend's Super-G winner Jansrud Kjetil (1:41.25) was ninth, while former world downhill champion Aksel Lund Svindal (1:41.34) of Norway was 12th.

The Super-G race is schedule for Friday followed by downhill and giant slalom races over the following two days. (Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto, editing by Ed Osmond)

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