The men's downhill competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on Monday, 7 February, at Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre ski resort in Yanqing District.[1] Beat Feuz of Switzerland was the champion, Johan Clarey of France was the silver medalist, and Matthias Mayer of Austria took the bronze. This was the first Olympic gold for Feuz and the first Olympic medal for Clarey. The men's downhill at the Olympics has yet to have a repeat champion. At the age of 41, Clarey became the oldest medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history.
| Men's downhill at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Rock, Yanqing District | ||||||||||||
| Date | 7 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 42 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:42.69 | ||||||||||||
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| Men's Downhill | |
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| Location | "Rock" course Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre |
| Vertical | 894 m (2,933 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,179 m (7,149 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,285 m (4,216 ft) |
The 2018 Olympic champion, Aksel Lund Svindal, retired from competitive skiing. Prior to the Olympics, eight World Cup downhill events were held: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde was leading the ranking, followed by Feuz, Mayer (2014 downhill and 2018 Super-G Olympic champion), and Marco Odermatt. Vincent Kriechmayr was the reigning world champion.
The "Rock" course was 3.152 km (1.96 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 894 m (2,933 ft) from a starting elevation of 2,179 m (7,149 ft) above sea level. Feuz had an average speed of 110.499 km/h (68.7 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 8.706 m/s (28.6 ft/s).
Schedule edit
The event was scheduled for Sunday, 6 February, but was postponed one day due to strong winds.[2]
Qualification edit
Results edit
The race was started at 12:00 local time, (UTC+8). At the starting gate, the skies were partly cloudy, the temperature was −13.4 °C (8 °F), and the snow condition was hard packed.[3][4]
References edit
- ^ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Olympics Live: Men's downhill rescheduled due to high winds". Associated Press. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "Men's downhill results" (PDF). FIS. 7 February 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "Men's Downhill Results - Olympic Alpine Skiing". BOCWOG. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.